21.   A day after introducing its new product to the telecommunications market, Vertel Inc. saw its shares rise sharply for the second consecutive session Thursday.

22.   A bill to open access to the original documents appears stalled, for the second straight session, in the Texas Legislature.

23.   A disappointed Jourdain only could grimace as he saw his time bested in the closing laps of the second qualifying session.

24.   A second session, at a time to be determined later, will deal with contacts between White House and Treasury officials regarding the Whitewater investigation.

25.   A second closed-door session has been scheduled for Wednesday.

26.   After each team scored in the first overtime, Brown notched the winner in the second extra session, which is sudden death.

27.   After a round of questions during a morning briefing about the news report, press secretary Ari Fleischer called a second session with reporters.

28.   After weeks of seesaw trading, jittery investors pushed prices higher for the second consecutive session.

29.   After having given up nearly all of its gains this year, the stock market roared back to life Tuesday with a second consecutive winning session.

30.   After their first session on Wednesday, the two leaders said they had made enough progress to hold a second session at midnight.