31.   The football team, embarrassed by losing to lowly Temple in its opening game last Saturday, begins again this Saturday against West Virginia in its first home contest.

32.   The moves by those chairmen are important because Iowa and New Hampshire hold the first crucial primary contests.

33.   The new rules would force refiners to use ethanol, giving a big boost to agricultural states such as Iowa, the site of the first presidential primary contest.

34.   They did not want to offend Iowa and New Hampshire voters who were threatened by another state horning in on their tradition of holding the first contests.

35.   Wellstone has already scheduled trips to Iowa and New Hampshire, which traditionally have the first presidential contests.

36.   When Gramm finished fifth in the Iowa caucuses, the first contest in the nation, he was forced to pull out of the race.

37.   While most Americans endure the dog days of summer, the Republican presidential candidates will be diving into their first key presidential contest Saturday in Ames, Iowa.

38.   After the first contest, media reported that organizers were unhappy with a Muslim representing Croatia at the Miss World contest.

39.   Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush won the Iowa caucuses, validating their front-runner status in the first contest of the presidential election season.

40.   Even the first primary contests are more than nine months away.