21.   The Bradley campaign insists that the checks have come from a broad sector of professional groups and individuals, some giving for the first time.

22.   The checks came to Lamb at the end of a marathon trans-Caribbean, trans-continental journey.

23.   The inevitable reality check came Thursday night.

24.   The reality check came after the Olympic flame was extinguished.

25.   Three checks came in on Monday and bounced.

26.   Under this legislation, however, the accompanying reality check would come much faster, and would be bolder, louder and more difficult to overlook.

27.   Virginia Hume, a spokeswoman for the RNC, initially said that Methanex has a subsidiary in Dallas, and that the check came from there.

28.   When the check came, you did not offer to pay or even contribute.

29.   When the check came, it occurred to me that the meal I had hardly touched cost enough to feed my family for a week.