41.   As years pass, the numbers decline as each generation starts its own family ritual.

42.   As years pass, this remote country also sheds its notoriety as a refuge for international criminals.

43.   As years passed, Howard became increasingly depressed.

44.   As years passed, Liberia, which never had to wage a war for its freedom, lived in peace.

45.   As the years have passed since the Persian Gulf War, Russia, France and China have grown eager to resume trade with the oil-rich state.

46.   As the years pass, the number of survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor dwindles.

47.   As the years pass, the questions become ever more important to answer -- else the silence will become eternal, and the concentration camp one more national grave.

48.   As the years passed, the challenges became more difficult and required new approaches.

49.   As the years passed, the company grew.

50.   As the years passed, their friendships remained intact despite lying, cheating, betrayal and worse.