21.   Still, many New Yorkers are disappointed beyond belief that such a predictable choice is coming to pass.

22.   Such choices often come as early as the writing, when a song Ritchie hears may inspire creation of a scene.

23.   The AL choice comes down to Buck Showalter of the Yankees, Mike Hargrove of the Indians or Tony La Russa, for resuscitating the Oakland Athletics.

24.   The choice came down to Bush, still RNC chairman, and ex-New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, a better-known and flashier figure.

25.   The choice will come down to two of his vice chairmen, Jay Sarles and Robert Higgins.

26.   The choice came down to amending the franchise agreement or working in a deregulated industry.

27.   The choice came down to two players.

28.   The choice came after Edlinger successfully worked behind the scenes of the Creditanstalt negotiations to secure an agreement by his city to cut its stake in Bank Austria.

29.   The choice came down to Teresi and Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Keegan, the administrative judge in this area.

30.   The first eight choices came from the Jets, Jacksonville and Baltimore.