21.   Although the airlines do not phrase it that way, a good expedient for travelers is to resume the old habit of reconfirming.

22.   And both parties show signs of succumbing to old political habits.

23.   And in some ways, it was nearly as revolutionary in the way it changed old habits as number portability.

24.   And Kemp has borrowed an old habit from Dole.

25.   And old habits die hard.

26.   And many bus riders seem to prefer tokens and coins, either out of convenience, old habits or a desire to pay one fare at a time.

27.   And then, for some reason -- an old habit, I suspect -- Switzer reached down and scratched a blunt line into the sand.

28.   And yet, old habits die hard, as do old fears.

29.   As brokerage firms struggle to win the business of a skeptical new generation of investors, a growing number of brokers are shaking off old habits.

30.   As it turns out, old habits die hard.