21.   The sluggishness has already lasted a year, and the fog should have lifted by now, blown away by rising activity somewhere in the economy.

22.   The Superior Court in Los Angeles then conducted hearings to develop a desegregation plan, a process that lasted years.

23.   The Sox tried that with him last year ... Jim Bunning hit it right on the button during his Hall of Fame speech.

24.   Today, Nikko Securities raised its profit forecast after wrposting its biggest loss ever last year.

25.   Twice last year, company airplanes were hit by ground fire as they tried to land nearby.

26.   Twice last year, company airplanes were hit by gun fire as they tried to land nearby.

27.   Twice last year he almost left, applying for the head job at the University of San Francisco and an assistant position at Duke.

28.   Twice last year, when Bob Seaman tried doing so during rush hour, motorists threatened him with a machete and gun in separate incidents.

29.   Understanding the injury more, people understand why it bothered me a little bit here and there last year.

30.   You just look at the guys that were here last year, and I knew coming in that some of us were on the bubble.