1.   Five past or ten past eight it is.

2.   A ninth division title will come harder than the past five.

3.   British stocks reached closing highs for the past six days and intraday records in the past five.

4.   But it has nothing to do with the fact the Angels have won the season series vs. the Yankees the past two seasons and four of the past five.

5.   Even by the unorthodox standards of teen-age actors, Edward Furlong has had a bizarre time of it the past five years.

6.   From those two powerful attributes comes a technology that may bring computers into our lives over the next five years the way the Internet has over the past five.

7.   Green Bay has won the past five between these teams, including three consecutive playoff victories.

8.   Jerk baits have existed for many years, but only within the past five or six years have they really caught on.

9.   Of course, the past five are the ones about which they are most concerned.

10.   One of those misses was because of the flu, but the past five occurred because Nash strained his left hamstring.