21.   But German negotiators have been far less sure, and continued to demand stronger wording long after both sides announced their basic agreement last December.

22.   But giving the Alero a try, especially not long after testing an Accord and a Galant, made a believer out of me.

23.   But he soon becomes a reluctant dog sitter as well and, not long after, the investigator of a string of murders.

24.   But hovering above everything is the threat of a work stoppage, if not at the start of the season then not very long after.

25.   But long after April, those showers still come.

26.   But long after wars end, land mines explode when farmers plow their fields or children step off the path in the woods.

27.   But long after the legal wars end, Boester contends, Hampton will live with the scars.

28.   But not long after that, the cancer was found to have spread to her lungs.

29.   But not long after the family moved from Tampa to Boca Raton five years ago, Morgan was introduced to golf by her grandfather.

30.   But not long after leaving the government, he was found to have immunoblastic lymphoma, a kind of cancer.