31.   Five decades have passed since that ferocious war.

32.   Five years have passed since former TCU golfer and Fort Worth resident J.J. Henry last stepped onto the first tee of the Colonial Country Club golf course.

33.   Five years had passed since the gulf war.

34.   Fifty years have now passed since the end of the war.

35.   For many Nigerians, it must seem as if a lifetime has passed since their all-too-brief flirtation with democracy just one year ago.

36.   Forty years have passed since the Yankees and the Giants played that scintillating World Series, but the players have not forgotten the roles they played.

37.   FROM WASHINGTON, A LOOK BACK AT TEXAS Only three months have passed since Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas won a second full term.

38.   Four days have passed since the last perilous challenge.

39.   Half a century has passed since Roger Durbin was a GI.

40.   He emphasized that only three days had passed since the election, though Gore aides have set no deadline for concluding their challenge.