21.   But the bank never returned phone calls, and the couple say the homes were sold out from under them because of the delays.

22.   But the couples say they were less interested in scoring political points than affirming their love.

23.   But with no significant work available yet elsewhere and no money made here to even finance a search elsewhere, the couple say they are stuck.

24.   But with the help of a cooperative insurer and an honest contractor, today the house again is a home, the couple said.

25.   Couples say e-marriage correspondence tends to fall into one of three general categories, representing a hierarchy of communication needs.

26.   Couples once said that he has never seen Pavin play badly under pressure.

27.   Couples said he is looking forward to seeing Montgomerie in the competition and added he has asked him to play more on the U.S. tour.

28.   Couples said he met a young man from Australia at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst.

29.   Couples said his back began troubling him while carrying luggage upstairs after returning from the Compaq Classic of New Orleans.

30.   Couples said one early putt may have ignited their record start.