31.   After the spring game Saturday, Holtz says, the really critical time begins for his squad.

32.   After the longest preseason in history, the real NFL season began for the defending AFC champions Monday night, and they did not respond well to the challenge.

33.   After the rout of Democrats in Erie County, the state and across the nation, the race began for Gorski without much optimism.

34.   Also, speculation persists that large soybean delivery notices could be posted on Monday, when the settlement process begins for July contracts.

35.   But a busy summer officially begins for the NHL on Monday.

36.   But as soon as the trophies had been awarded Venus and runner-up Lindsay Davenport, the interviews began for Venus.

37.   But in the seventh, the problems began for Hitchcock, the postseason darling for San Diego.

38.   But if the process began for some as an idealistic echo of earlier times, it has become a lesson in power politics.

39.   But Moscow will not be able to meet even that deferred deadline unless construction begins soon for a destruction installation at Shchuchye.

40.   But once the terms were agreed upon, the real creative work began for the team at Paul, Weiss.