21.   He won the seat narrowly, in the waning days of the Thatcher reign.

22.   His decision to make the appointments in the waning days of his administration, and to attempt to do so quietly, provoked outrage from Pataki transition officials.

23.   His father, brilliant and mercurial, even in his waning days refused to address the question of a successor.

24.   Hollywood this time of year is as hectic as a shopping mall in the waning days before Christmas.

25.   I served during the waning days of Vietnam and during the height of the Cold War as a member of the Strategic Air Command.

26.   I was hurrying across a parking lot, aghast at my selfishness but feeling it nonetheless, when something in the waning October day stopped me cold.

27.   In his waning days at the company, Scott was pushing even further expansion, with Columbia trying mightily to expand itself even into the insurance business.

28.   In his waning days in office, Clinton threw the powers of the presidency behind passing what he considers a crowning foreign policy triumph.

29.   In its waning days, Congress is squandering the burgeoning budget surplus on ill-considered spending projects and tax cuts that will go primarily to those who least need help.

30.   In Louisville on Tuesday, Clinton showed that he can still stir up a crowd in the waning days of his presidency.