21.   And not surprisingly, the renewed talks with Syria leave those who staked their claim here feeling betrayed.

22.   And we wanted to stake our claim.

23.   And you know a technology has reached the promised land when Microsoft Corp. stakes its claim.

24.   Angels manager Terry Collins emphasized that Durrington is here to stake a claim for the starting job next season.

25.   As individual lawmakers staked their claims, the Senate Republican leadership tried to reassert some control, at least over its own members.

26.   As it turned out, summertime is their breeding season, and they were staking their claim to certain cars, which they have come to associate with food.

27.   As the chips became faster and the operating systems grew fatter, icons and windows and menu bars staked their claims on the desktop.

28.   As it turned out, the Kemp-Sonic divorce allowed the Utah Jazz to stake claim on the West.

29.   At a school where great option quarterbacks are common, Crouch can stake his claim as the best.

30.   As the growing chill in the Arctic starts to spread south, stubborn tropical warmth still stakes a claim to southern states.