21.   Dyson lay on the turf for the longest time.

22.   Even so, for the longest time Harper only truly felt comfortable when his play could do his talking.

23.   Faced with four conflicting legal theories by different judges, the high court earlier this month rejected one approach that gave people the longest time to file a lawsuit.

24.   For Jose Maria Olazabal, it was a goal, a dream, and for the longest time, an impossibility.

25.   For Stars fans, that was the sudden and happy ending to what, for the longest time, seemed like a Hitchcock movie.

26.   For the longest time Sunday night, it appeared that Dale Earnhardt Jr. would expand on a distinguished Winston Cup Series rookie season.

27.   For the longest time, few in the foreign exchange market believed Clinton administration officials when they said they wanted a stronger dollar.

28.   For the longest time, Fulmer endured the rap of being a good recruiter who was destined to come up short on game day.

29.   For the longest time, in the cruelest ways, Elway taunted the Seahawks, then crushed them.

30.   For the longest time, Shannon Reeves wanted to follow in the footsteps of his hometown baseball hero, Joe Morgan.