21.   It was the first shuttle launching since the late July liftoff of Columbia was jeopardized by an electrical short.

22.   Maybe so, but his electrical short in the third period was indicative of the mental problems the Stars battled from the second period on.

23.   Moments after liftoff, Columbia experienced an electrical short that was traced to insulation damage on internal wiring.

24.   MTA spokesman Marc Littman said the cause was a possible electrical short to outdoor lighting caused by heavy rain.

25.   Pillsbury argued that an electrical short in a grain-level monitoring device elsewhere in the St. Joseph facility triggered the initial explosion.

26.   Plans for a mid-October launching were disrupted in late July when the shuttle Columbia experienced an electrical short moments after liftoff with the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

27.   She also blamed a neighbor for the electrical short that let Whitey escape this time.

28.   The fire was sparked by an electrical short on a wooden deck, Wilmot said.

29.   The explosion was blamed on an electrical short.

30.   The problems, undetected during routine preflight electrical checks, were found during inspections triggered after the launch of Columbia was jeopardized last month by an electrical short.