21.   Simon Ammann of Switzerland took the gold.

22.   So not only may the season be hideous, the prize will be a silver medal, since Jordan took the gold and went home.

23.   Something called Lodgepole Light from Prescott, Ariz., took the gold.

24.   The difference was moot after the Americans took the gold in Athens.

25.   The study is likely to encourage those calling for further compensation for Holocaust victims whose gold was taken by the Nazis.

26.   The United States, Sweden, Finland and maybe Russia could take the gold.

27.   They took the gold they could reach.

28.   Two Swedish bankers accused of taking looted gold and making large loans to a German company without collateral are the uncles of Raoul Wallenberg.

29.   Walter took the silver while Mingxia took the gold, winning her second gold medal in diving at the Atlanta Olympics.