21.   She did not announce that the Reds had traded her predecessor to the Mets, contingent on his approving the deal.

22.   Still, analysts said it was possible the Fed made some decision to act contingent on job-market figures for June, to be published Friday.

23.   Talks continued, however, and the deal, contingent on both players agreeing to contracts with their new teams, became a reality.

24.   The Clinton administration wants to make federal education dollars to states contingent on those states doing away with social promotion.

25.   The directors, according to people involved in the negotiations, proposed giving the union an increase, contingent on getting more money from Congress.

26.   The foundations made their gift contingent on ending the salary dispute, which was resolved last week.

27.   The huge Citicorp-Travelers merger cleared its last regulatory hurdle, winning Federal Reserve approval contingent on selling some businesses.

28.   The loans, which will come also from foreign governments and banks, are contingent on Thailand meeting six stringent IMF conditions.

29.   The Senate last week voted unanimously to make promotion from grades three, five and eight contingent on passing TAAS.

30.   The Second Stage is a work in progress, its completion contingent on additional fund-raising.