21.   A native of Beumont, Texas, Parks cuts an imposing figure at six feet, two inches.

22.   A solitary figure at first, he scurried for the safety of a green metal railway when his cover was blown.

23.   A slender staff of office carries a dazzling little female figure at its tip.

24.   All the key figures at BC seem to be moving in different directions.

25.   But another Afghan commander put the figure at half a dozen.

26.   Burke and other senior executives get hourly updates by computer of attendance figures at each park.

27.   But Brenda Laurel, a well-known figure at Interval, defended him.

28.   But it also makes Gore appear a less than dashing figure at a time when he is trying to demonstrate his skills as a statesman.

29.   But he said he did not favor setting a specific figure at which pollution controls would be required.

30.   But one suspects that the radically charming figure at the head of the Concertgebouw might eventually have his way.