21.  McAlary is indeed a tabloid columnist and has done his share of wading in troubled waters.

22.  Ron Brown was no stranger to troubled waters.

23.  Secretary of State Colin Powell sought to calm the troubled waters by insisting the report did not signal imminent action.

24.  Talk about a bridge over troubled waters.

25.  The dream of bringing upscale office developments to the county has been stalled by two years of controversy over its troubled water and sewer system.

26.  The key, researchers said, seemed to be what happens to females in such troubled waters.

27.  The stars had not twinkled twice when my youngest son decided to jump off the bridge over troubled waters.

28.  The wiry Harelson had calmed troubled waters before he came to the magazine.

29.  Though Lyonnaise is seen by analysts as riding the troubled waters better than Generale, both merit caution.

30.  Trying to calm the troubled waters, U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor promised Tuesday that Washington would abide by any ruling the World Trade Organization made.