21.  A few years ago a terrible fire broke out in the nearby town of Dumka.

22.  A few years ago he punched me and knocked my front teeth out.

23.  A few years ago my friend Tim Hult and I spent one steamy-hot and jet-lagged afternoon wandering aimlessly around Bangkok.

24.  A few years ago, launching a weekly magazine for men would have been something of a gamble.

25.  A few years ago, maintenance workers found pieces of a stone bowl on the site.

26.  A few years ago, she developed a serious lung disease.

27.  A few years ago, we bought our Connecticut house from a family with five teen-agers.

28.  A few years back the city closed down half of it, leaving only the emergency room open.

29.  A few years down the road and along come the fitness men with their clipboards and stop-watches.

30.  A few years earlier, the man had sought treatment at the drug rehabilitation center where Ruiz volunteers.