31.   An occasional meteorite hits the ground in a fiery flash.

32.   Analyses of molecules in the meteorite conducted soon after it hit the ground suggested that roughly equal amounts of right- and left-handed amino acids were present.

33.   And it was not litter until it hit the ground, and by that time it belonged to the ages.

34.   And it was not the cold that caused the initial damage, but warm air in higher altitudes that produced the rain that froze as it hit the ground.

35.   And Jets running back Adrian Murrell lost the ball again, though it was not ruled a fumble because he hit the ground first.

36.   And the ball hit the ground.

37.   Anderson failed to back up the play from his center-field spot, making his move to the ball only after Palmeiro hit the ground.

38.   Andy Robustelli of the Giants had been in the service and hit the ground, thinking someone was shooting at him.

39.   And when the balloon came down, Gary Waldman hit the ground with a gift and a mission.

40.   Anyway, these two hit the ground running and never stop.