51.   A clump of Plum Island stands between us and the actual Atlantic.

52.   A mile-and-a-half is all that stands between War Emblem and thoroughbred immortality.

53.   A rigorous audition process stood between Duncan and the star-making role.

54.   A woman holding a delicate scale stands between an apocalyptic painting of the Last Judgment and a tabletop with a haphazard array of pearls and gold.

55.   A vote of confidence in Parliament, expected this week, is all that stands between him and a chance to lead Turkey for months or years.

56.   Affixed in our minds is the message that years of change stand between the original experience and the reproduced one, and that we should not forget it.

57.   After all, Lehman, second in the world in the Sony rankings, is among the only guys standing between Woods and utter dominance.

58.   After sharing happy memories, they marched in a solemn procession to a padlocked wooden gate that stood between them and a beloved century-old swimming hole.

59.   After the two were finished, promoter Don King stood between them, raising their arms for a photo shoot.

60.   All that stood between Caps forward Trevor Linden and another Kings loss in regulation was the stick of the sprawling Potvin.