21.   The likelihood of the season beginning in early December is fading with each verbal grenade.

22.   The probability that the NBA will institute a rookie salary cap beginning next season prompted a motherlode of underclassmen early entries this year.

23.   The younger Earnhardt only had a handshake agreement to drive for his father at the beginning last season.

24.   Things have been bad for Smith on and off the field from the beginning this season.

25.   Traditionally, the peak sales season for Kleenex sales is the cough-cold season beginning in November.

26.   With cold season beginning, people who need a nasal decongestant may look at products containing pseudoephedrine, pharmacists say.

27.   Worried so much about declining TV ratings that it changed the rules of competition beginning next season to stimulate appeal.

28.   After the beginning the season with a solid victory over Celta, Atletico lost a week ago to Compostela.

29.   Beginning this season, players in the Italian league will have to watch out for the fifth eye.

30.   Both the company and the city wanted to call the team the Anaheim Angels beginning next season.