21.   A graduate of Staten Island Community College and Baruch College, Ms. Pesile is one of those graduates colleges long for.

22.   A few London designers who consider themselves avant-garde managed to alienate their audiences by dragging them to uncomfortable places and keeping them waiting too long for too little.

23.   A pair of pants takes about a month to make, a little too long for this holiday season.

24.   A forest-green table runner that was too long for my dining table gets wrapped around the base of the tree.

25.   A. It will work, but not very well, because the duct run is too long for efficiency.

26.   All in all, it can make you long for the days when Clinton was running against Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

27.   All of which makes him long for weekly battles with guys half his age, right?

28.   All in all, it makes her long for the good old days.

29.   All this male rage disguised as moping makes one long for Marilyn Manson, who at least admits his anger is ugly.

30.   But after waiting so long for a decision by Israel, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is reportedly disinclined to resume direct mediation.