21.   As word has spread of the day of reckoning drawing nigh, a political donnybrook already is developing among Democrats and Republicans.

22.   As word spread of the attacks, countries moved quickly to secure American embassies and institutions on their soil.

23.   As the word spread, the pickers started arriving.

24.   As word has slowly spread about the service on the Internet, members of other ethnic groups, including the Irish, have begun to use it.

25.   As word spread Monday afternoon of the early retirement of Roy, and the reassignment of Keyser, Asian experts inside and outside the State Department expressed dismay.

26.   As word spread of other clusters of cases, the New York City efforts intensified.

27.   As word spread on the plane, most passengers sat stunned, uncomprehending, but no one became hysterical.

28.   As word spread Sunday that the parade would be allowed, violent incidents erupted around Northern Ireland.

29.   As word spread that Brown was the new coach, the numbers increased.

30.   As word spread that Shea was there, more and more of them came inside.