21.   It came during a year Letterman had to take a break for an emergency quintuple bypass operation in January.

22.   Letterman taped his comeback show five weeks after undergoing emergency quintuple bypass surgery.

23.   Television funnyman David Letterman was cracking jokes in his hospital room Saturday as he began his recovery from emergency quintuple bypass surgery.

24.   Television funnyman David Letterman was cracking jokes in his hospital room Saturday as he recovered from emergency quintuple bypass surgery the day before.

25.   The president reclaimed his full powers Wednesday, just a day after the quintuple bypass.

26.   Thinner than before his quintuple bypass operation two weeks ago, the Russian president was shown taking a few slow, but apparently steady steps around the hospital grounds.

27.   Thomas Pickering, who was the U.S. ambassador to Moscow when Yeltsin underwent quintuple bypass surgery, said the Russian leader was recovering.

28.   Yeltsin is on the rebound after a long absence due to heart ailments, a quintuple bypass operation and pneumonia.

29.   Yeltsin, who is recovering from quintuple bypass surgery, will probably have his stitches taken out on Wednesday and be discharged on Thursday or Friday.

30.   Yeltsin, who is recovering from quintuple bypass surgery, is likely to leave the hospital for good on Thursday or Friday, they said.