1.   And if you think China can develop without us, well, then the opium trade must have come back to your shores.

2.   A.C. Green declined to comment after the deal was announced, but said later that he understands trades come with the territory in the NBA.

3.   All the options trades came before Nortel released its announcement.

4.   But there is no guarantee a trade will come now, or when the trading deadline approaches this summer.

5.   But when the Hebert deal fell through and the trade did not come together easily, the Cardinals turned to Krieg.

6.   Expectations soared, only to plunge into the septic tank when the actual trade came down.

7.   For the Giants, Sabean said, trades come before free agents.

8.   For absence of achievement, though, no trade came close to another swap the Mets and the Dodgers made.

9.   Mega-million dollar trades came, longtime employees were vanquished and the farm system was all but purged.

10.   Outside the larger cities, trade came to a near-total halt as transportation costs soared.