31.   But this failed to dampen the excitement one recent afternoon at the track.

32.   But they seemed relieved, one recent afternoon, that most of the excitement of the last year had passed them by.

33.   But watching their sons play baseball one recent afternoon, the two agreed the wisdom that comes with middle age also is an antidote for cynicism.

34.   But when Marcel tired of pounding on a piano one recent afternoon and sat on the lap of his Nicaraguan nanny, it was English that he spoke.

35.   Conversations with a dozen cabdrivers, while riding around Manhattan one recent afternoon, tended to confirm this notion.

36.   During a recent sunny afternoon, black children skipped rope and played basketball along President Street as Jewish mothers pushed babies in strollers.

37.   During a two-hour play date one recent afternoon, the Captain looked terrific.

38.   Edwards was playing with his daughters one recent afternoon.

39.   Finding such spots is not easy, but on a recent afternoon, the efforts of inspector M. Gomez bore fruit.

40.   For four hours stretched over two recent afternoons, not a single customer walked through the door.