21.   Bruno was stiff from the opening bell, perhaps even before it when he genuflected seven times after getting into the ring before the announcements.

22.   But as the opening bell approached, it was clear that even that was optimistic.

23.   But Bruce maintains the look of a prize fighters right before the opening bell.

24.   But from the opening bell, the out-of-shape Mercer was in trouble.

25.   But the monument, like the man, has been controversial from the opening bell.

26.   But Trinidad, unlike so many of his contemporaries, comes to fight from the opening bell.

27.   Chances are, he quit taking it as he marshaled his energies during the days before the opening bell.

28.   Commodity Futures Trading Commission member John Tull was on hand to ring the opening bell for the new contract.

29.   Communism and capitalism embraced Friday as Chinese President Jiang Zemin rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange at the end of a frenzied week of trading.

30.   De La Hoya easily defended his WBC super lightweight title, winning a unanimous decision in which he led from opening bell.