21.   Aggressive jawboning by corporations about lower profit forecasts has seen to it that investors get mostly positive surprises when the quarterly figures finally come out.

22.   But Barlow said the figures quoted should come from actual ticket sales information rather than guesswork.

23.   But that figure comes from an especially broad definition of disability.

24.   But when enrollment figures came down, the district had to scramble.

25.   But where does the figure come in?

26.   Critics of Empire say the financial figures come as no surprise.

27.   Cultural figures come alive more successfully, especially those to whom Vidal can comfortably ascribe intimate banter.

28.   Figures come from just-released Travel Industry Association of America yearbook, just out.

29.   For some years now, too, the more pushy and interesting political figures have come from the Republican side of the fence.

30.   Given the high standard of technical competence in the period, this figure comes as a bit of shock.