21.   Over the past weekend, Al Gore made the network news cutting Olympic ribbons.

22.   Red Sox CEO John Harrington cut the ribbon to open a new clinic two years ago.

23.   Since Mandela has admitted having a girlfriend, he has hardly been able to cut a ribbon without some reporter asking when he is going to marry her.

24.   Texas Gov. George W. Bush spent a couple hours out of the country Monday, hopping into Mexico to cut the ribbon on a new international bridge.

25.   The ribbon is cut.

26.   The ribbon was cut, the doors were thrown wide, and the dignitaries had to scurry ingloriously out of the way.

27.   The sort of work that needs doing is shaking hands, cutting ribbons, accepting bouquets and making speeches.

28.   The two companies will cut a ribbon this morning to officially open six models at the development in Sylmar.

29.   They cut more ribbons than a sweatshop seamstress.

30.   They had cut the ribbons from plastic table cloths, durable material that stood up to the autumn wind.