21.   The mood was lightened considerably by the arrest Monday night of Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown, the man charged with killing Kinchen.

22.   The World Series window will not be open long for this aging, expensive team, so Jerry Colangelo, the managing partner, decided to lighten the mood.

23.   They are intended to lighten the mood, raise the spirits.

24.   They have adjusted to the situation perhaps better than any other team, even forming their own Kangaroo Court this week to help lighten the mood.

25.   To lighten the mood, television news teams have added attractive women to read the latest gossip.

26.   Williams has even had the Terps playing h-o-r-s-e before practice to lighten the mood.

27.   But Forde, with a toothy, manic grin that gives him away, prods his guests to lighten the mood with smart-minded quips.

28.   Funeral directors seek to lighten the mood.

29.   If the sudden collapse of harsh Taliban rule has lightened the mood in this tradition-bound capital, there is not exactly dancing in the streets.

30.   Lightening the mood were seashell printed silk and chiffon gypsy dresses.