21.  The incident at Midwood was the third such case in recent weeks.

22.  The strike would be at least the third case in the last week of unintended civilian damage and the second accidental strike on the Red Cross site.

23.  The suit is the third major case against Lehman involving a Chinese client.

24.  The third case involved calcium channel blockers, a class of drugs whose purpose is to lower blood pressure.

25.  The third case involves Hughes Space and Communications, which was acquired last year by Boeing, and it is still active.

26.  The third case is an appeal of the ruling that Kevorkian could be prosecuted for murder in two suicides.

27.  The third case that could go to court this year involves the officers and directors of YBM Magnex International Inc., which is also out of business.

28.  This is the third case involving sexual abuse or harassment that the court has accepted for decision this term, and it may not be the last.

29.  A third case of the disease in cattle was confirmed Thursday on one of the quarantined Essex farms.

30.  A third case was confirmed Wednesday, while tissue from two further animals is being tested for the disease.