41.   Agent Richard Howell knew the clock was ticking and that Harpring would have plenty of time to rest this summer.

42.   But as Strug was trying to deal with the pain, the clock was ticking and she had to make a choice.

43.   But common sense can be in short supply when the family is clamoring from the car and the clock is ticking on a ticketed departure time.

44.   But hey, the clock is ticking ...

45.   But Ivanov knows he is dealing with an administration whose clock is swiftly ticking down.

46.   But now the clock was ticking down, and it was his time.

47.   But now time is short, the clock is ticking, and some of us could worry that there will be no Nick Cromwell to save the day.

48.   But revenues may be about to pick up as more corporations realize the millennium clock is ticking.

49.   But the clock is ticking for Operation Infinite Justice - the name given to the US effort - in one practical way.