21.   She could barely contain her excitement, especially over the camel leather jacket and knit sailor pants.

22.   She could hardly contain her excitement.

23.   Speaking recently to a slightly bewildered crowd of future doctors at St. Louis University School of Medicine, he could scarcely contain his excitement.

24.   The Americans here are trying hard to contain their excitement.

25.   The coach could hardly contain his excitement.

26.   The film serves up the girls as a pair of yin-yang Monica Lewinsky blabbermouths who hardly can contain their excitement over their easy Oval Office access.

27.   The president could barely contain his excitement from his modest perch in the gallery, grinning broadly when his wife was summoned to the well by Gore.

28.   When Sam told his family about the new job, he could hardly contain his excitement.

29.   When Stanford head coach Mike Montgomery arrived, he was also able to contain his excitement.

30.   When two major conventions decided last week to leave New York and return to Boston next year, tourism officials could barely contain their excitement.