31.   At the same time, Thomas was starting another weekly newspaper, the Henderson County News, and brassily laying the groundwork for higher political moves.

32.   At the same time, the Bush campaign began laying the groundwork to try to overturn the election result in the state legislature or the US Congress.

33.   At the time, he was laying the groundwork for the new Martha Graham Trust, which licenses her work to dance companies and schools.

34.   Because the logic along Broadway is that a run of mediocre reviews just lays the groundwork for an eventual rave.

35.   Beijing appears to have been laying the groundwork for a crackdown for some time.

36.   BMI British Midland has begun offering its first trans-Atlantic flights, laying the groundwork for what it hopes will be an expanded operation to the United States.

37.   Best of all, you will learn that Higgins has laid the groundwork for another Jerry Kennedy novel.

38.   Both Moi and Kibaki have laid the groundwork for rejecting the results should they lose, raising fears of violence from their supporters.

39.   -- Clinton and Yeltsin also laid the groundwork for cooperation and joint research and development between the two countries in theater missile systems.

40.   --- Cameron Mackintosh was in New York this week laying the groundwork for what promises to be a coming onslaught on Broadway.