21.   And, although it was a holiday weekend, Fishman managed to pull together the well-rehearsed surgical team for the separation.

22.   And traders expect the API to report later today that inventories fell again last week as retailers stocked up for the Easter holiday weekend.

23.   Another factor is the perceived price gouging for millennium celebrations and hotels requiring minimum four-day stays over the holiday weekend, observers say.

24.   As Madison Avenue prepares to start a long holiday weekend, accounts are changing agencies and agencies are making changes.

25.   As Madison Avenue prepared for a long holiday weekend, executives were scrambling to complete a spate of deals.

26.   As they fire up their grills this holiday weekend, many New Yorkers have only a hazy sense of the prohibitions.

27.   As the holiday weekend loomed and New Yorkers dreamed of retreats at Long Island beaches and country hideaways, it was unclear when full service might resume.

28.   At Logan, the scene was one of long lines, short tempers and plans for quick getaways for the holiday weekend vanishing with each tick of the clock.

29.   Big holiday weekend coming up.

30.   Blackouts are still possible over the holiday weekend, executives at the Systems Operator said.