31.   During his term, Preval governed for months without a prime minister, then dismissed the Parliament and ruled by decree for more than two years.

32.   Energy prices, however, have already fallen in recent months without any major actions by the government, substantially reducing their drag on the economy.

33.   Earlier today, the Labor Department reported consumer prices showed no change in November, the first month without an increase in four years.

34.   Every month of low production means another month without a full return on the billions of dollars that GM has invested in developing the new models.

35.   For state employees, who go months without pay and often steal Government property or resort to bribery for their livelihood, the counterfeit scheme provoked little surprise.

36.   Forcing the United States to shuffle along at the United Nations for months without a permanent ambassador is an embarrassment, especially when the obvious candidate is at hand.

37.   Gagne and Cromer made a winner of Pedro Astacio, who won his second consecutive start after going a month without a victory.

38.   Goaltender Jamie Storr got the Kings through more than a month without many of their top players.

39.   He developed edibles that had to last a month without refrigeration, withstand high temperatures and humidity, and bounce off the walls without crumbling, among other things.

40.   He had gone for months without health or dental benefits.