21.  The Yankees have won six consecutive games since losing their first game of the season, while the Orioles find themselves in a familiar position.

22.  Two humorless and often petty egomaniacs intransigently reiterated their familiar positions.

23.  Will Pippen drive the Houston Rockets to a third NBA championship, or does he prefer to ride shotgun, the more familiar position?

24.  With the arrival of Rick Fox, the Lakers believe they are ready to reclaim their familiar position atop the league.

25.  David Duval was in a familiar position Sunday.

26.  Meligeni found himself in a familiar position Saturday when he dropped the first set to Stoltenberg.

27.  There was Waldorf in a familiar position, plucking the ball from the cup and waving to the gallery to acknowledge yet another birdie.

28.  Valenzuela charged out of the starting gate to the lead with his first two mounts, a familiar position for the rider known as a frontrunner.

29.  With the crisis over U.N. weapons inspectors deepening, Saddam and U.S. President Bill Clinton laid out familiar positions on Friday.

30.  Earnhardt found himself in the familiar position of runner-up for the third time in four years, still unable to claim his first title here.