21.   A deadline passed for bidders for Madison Square Garden, the arena owned by Viacom, without any indication of a winner.

22.   A Friday deadline passed without such a request.

23.   A key deadline passes Tuesday, though.

24.   A Thursday deadline passed without Tua accepting the terms.

25.   A trade is out of the question because the NFL deadline passed Tuesday afternoon without the team making a move.

26.   After a noon Monday deadline passed without an accord, GM and the CAW continued bargaining into the evening.

27.   After the deadline passed, the women picked up aluminum poles and other building materials and started dragging them out of the village and onto a highway.

28.   After the midnight deadline passed, the talks continued.

29.   After the deadline passes, the agency says, it will begin to fully enforce regulations that have been on the books for years.

30.   But after the second deadline passed, a standoff between Clinton and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill forced a six-day shutdown of parts of the Government.