1.   All the essential Gordon topics were covered before the plane reached cruising altitude.

2.   Greenspan, who began covering sports before the Dodgers left Brooklyn, is that rare breed with an eye for arresting images and an ear for well-chosen words.

3.   His testimony on Wednesday, before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, broke no ground that had not been covered before.

4.   Many of his ideas have been covered before in other books, making this somewhat a repackaging of his original thoughts.

5.   Other times, in the interview area under Ullevi Stadium, she holds a T-shirt like a bath towel to cover herself before the television cameras.

6.   Thong had covered Angelica before sitting up, Ou said.

7.   None of the riders had covered it before, and were thus saving their energy.