21.   The past decade has seen a string of Raytheon buyouts, layoffs, and plant closings around the state.

22.   The past decade has seen several proposals to lower the voting age at the local, state and federal levels.

23.   The past decade has seen sweeping changes in the consumer choices and habits of the Russian people, most which have arguably made their lives easier.

24.   The next decade saw the Carpenters, Peter Frampton, Supertramp and The Police signing on.

25.   There is little doubt that the past decade saw an explosion in American contacts with the rest of the world.

26.   This decade has seen him humbled, even cruelly so.

27.   This decade has seen the emergence of a number of similar hospital-based mutants spread hand by hand to patient after patient.

28.   But the past decade has also seen an explosion of crime and a seemingly unending stream of revelations of official corruption.

29.   But the last decade has seen the country take a turn away from public libertinism, banning live sex shows and restricting the profusion of pornography.

30.   Rennicke, a consultant to transport operators, said the last decade has seen a marked increase in private-sector involvement in train operations, maintenance and financing.