21.   The Knicks held a lengthy practice Wednesday afternoon, and players said that part of the session was spent working on double-teaming the low post.

22.   The new rules have dashed the dreams of scores of Americans who have spent months working their way through the adoption-process labyrinth.

23.   The more night shifts worked per week, and the more years the women had spent working at night, the higher the breast cancer risk.

24.   There are plays that coaches will spend hours working on, going over every little detail.

25.   Their weekdays are spent working, Sunny full-time and Debbie on the two days that Brendan is in nursery school, obviating the need for a baby sitter.

26.   Truth be told, some of that time probably should have been spent working.

27.   Williams has spent years working on the issue of physician-assisted suicide, Ms. Mendizabal said.

28.   He was the first player to spend hour after hour working on his game.

29.   Much of the weekend was spent working on the address Bush delivered Tuesday to a joint session of Congress.

30.   The final two days ahead of the opening match will be spent working on set pieces and on improving the flow from Zidane and Djorkaeff to the forwards.