51.   And at least a half-dozen baseball teams have threatened to relocate in the past decade.

52.   And many of those smaller lodgings have been supported and preserved by Texans over the years, particularly during the past decade or so.

53.   And in a far cry from decades past, university presidents have not demanded the arrest or ouster of students who occupied their offices.

54.   And in the past decade, the city has come to feel like home.

55.   And for the past decade or so, thrashing his way through a host of familiar demonry, he has seen himself as a latter-day symbolist.

56.   And it has turned a blind eye toward some particularly heinous activities perpetrated by some pretty butcherous regimes during the past few decades.

57.   And it is speaking to its audiences with an electricity and immediacy that evoke the great American musicals of decades past.

58.   And he knew his way around smoke-filled pool halls, taking down more than a few seasoned sharks over the past decade.

59.   And so much about Taiwan has changed for the better in the past decade.

60.   And his admirers say that his work in the past decade has earned him a return ticket to the big time.