21.   But he was about to marry a yeshiva teacher he had met through friends and so needed more space.

22.   But more important to shaping the CD was working with Teye, whom Ely met through a mutual friend in Austin.

23.   But so many people have met through the Internet.

24.   But there were also efforts toward reconciliation as Hamas leaders met through the day with Israeli Arab mediators in an attempt to reach an understanding with the Palestinian Authority.

25.   But to make it come alive on the screen is a major challenge, one Salwen meets through cinematic ingenuity and solid comic pacing.

26.   Buxton, Dunaway and Cooper, then known as Vincent Furnier, met through the school newspaper.

27.   Carrie and Mark Wolf of Houston met through JDate.com and were married a year and a half later.

28.   Cash was married a year ago to John Leventhal, a musician and producer, whom she met through her first husband.

29.   Calm and softspoken, Wu said he and Hormel have been partners for almost four years after they met through their common interest in philanthropy and nonprofit organizations.

30.   Collier, meanwhile, said the friends he met through the network helped him develop close ties that sustained him during his first few years in the city.