21.   Hanaka also stepped aside as a director, the office-supply retailer said.

22.   Gingrich was on the telephone again, but this time with the stunning admission that the game was over and he would step aside as speaker.

23.   He plans to step aside as chairman in April.

24.   If Gingrich had followed his best instincts, he might have unselfishly stepped aside as speaker of the House rather than seek re-election.

25.   Immediately, Bud Selig should step aside as commissioner while the other owners study the ethical dilemma.

26.   Many friends have stepped forward as character witnesses, describing Pierre and Sonia Falcone as philanthropists, art connoisseurs and political benefactors who got rich in the petroleum business.

27.   No one has stepped forward as a witness.

28.   On Thursday, a second former Republican congressman stepped forward as a potential challenger to Holt.

29.   Pagones stepped forward as an alibi witness, telling investigators that he had been with Crist during that time.

30.   Rainwater has asked Pickens to step aside as chairman and chief executive, although Pickens will remain until Rainwater finds a replacement.