21.   The only other amateur to survive the cut that week was Phil Mickelson.

22.   They face grave problems, from how to survive deep cuts in federal funding to whether they should drop affirmative action.

23.   They face grave problems, from how to survive deep cuts in federal funding to whether they should abandon affirmative action.

24.   Those methods surviving the cut will have a better chance of being used.

25.   Thrasher said he believed local districts could survive the cuts because they will not have to pour hundreds of millions of dollars into an overfinanced state retirement plan.

26.   Top management must work quickly and be up-front with those who survived the cuts.

27.   Whether or not she survives the final cut in January, Gordon feels as though she already has grasped the glory.

28.   With two rounds to go, almost anyone who survived the cut still has a chance to win, and Maggert hopes to finally be the last man standing.

29.   Political analysts expect about a dozen candidates to survive the cut to be toted after a deadline Tuesday.

30.   First, he had to survive the cut.