21.   The calm trading followed several days of anxieties relating to the threat of a budget default.

22.   The development followed a day of negotiations between a representative of the Red Cross and the Peruvian education minister.

23.   The comments by the president and Fleischer followed a day of warnings by senior administration officials.

24.   The end of the rescue operation Monday followed a day of fruitless attempts to open the rear escape hatch on the Kursk.

25.   The handover ceremony followed a day of nostalgic celebration in a steady rain as Britain marked its retreat from its last major colonial outpost.

26.   The fighting followed a day when five Palestinians were killed in riots opposing the Jerusalem tunnel.

27.   The Israeli threat to Gaza followed several days of maneuvering.

28.   The latest incursions followed a day in which refugee camps in Bethlehem and Qalqilya were raided and searched.

29.   The latest military action followed a day of relative calm.

30.   The next price spike, which will come as sure as night follows day, will no doubt bring with it the inevitable conspiracy theories.