21.   The series comes from the Independent Television Service, a valuable nonprofit group that often creates innovative programs.

22.   The series comes in the wake of controversy about the Marine Corps policy that grades men and women on different physical standards.

23.   The series indeed is coming to Texas this season, but not on an oval.

24.   The television series came about after talks between Moonves and Mark Johnson, a producer of the film who is now an executive producer of the television series.

25.   Then came a series of odd jobs, a layoff from the power plant in Glen Rose, and a successful home remodeling project.

26.   Their series has come under fire for its use of crude language.

27.   Then came a series of smaller earthquakes over a larger area that included two subterranean volcanoes.

28.   Then came the series of terrorist bombings by Palestinian militants.

29.   Then came a series of injuries.

30.   Then there are car license plates, an assemblage of letters and numbers that often attract frantic bidding if a particularly auspicious series of numbers comes up for auction.