51.   As a young player in Essen, Germany, Bierhoff admittedly played like the rich kid that he was.

52.   As the heavy underdogs in this series, they had no reason to be nervous, and they played like a team that was not.

53.   As the new Schnittke survey attests, the Kronos can play like demons.

54.   As such, it plays like a catalog of previously proven, radio-friendly formulas.

55.   At second glance, however, it plays like a grandiose comedy, with the limpid strains of bel canto opera as its lightening element.

56.   At games in Houston and Oklahoma City, Odessa and Dallas, he played like a man obsessed.

57.   At times, it plays like a parody.

58.   At times, the Celtics have played like a playoff team.

59.   At times, the Avengers played like characters instead of showing any, with a sloppy display that included three lost fumbles and two missed extra points.

60.   At the beginning, we were playing like individuals.