31.  Excursion drivers must climb two tall stairs and a short one just to get in to the vehicle.

32.  Few authors knew better than Charles Dickens that the step from the sentimental to the sinister can be a very short one indeed.

33.  For one thing, there were lots of shorts -- really short ones -- under long jackets, under side-slit miniskirts and under diaphanous long skirts.

34.  He added that the American Embassy was sending a press officer to Hainan island to handle inquiries, an indication that the process might not be a short one.

35.  He would make a few of the long ones, and all of the short ones.

36.  Her resume, just like Moceanu, is a short one.

37.  His respite from villains may be a short one.

38.  His Monday start was scheduled to be a short one, which would put Meche on schedule to make a final Tacoma start Thursday before facing the Angels Tuesday.

39.  If this continues, it will be a long season for the Patriots and a short one for Bledsoe.

40.  If people arrive early expecting a long line and instead face a short one, it gives them more time to drink, retail experts at various airports say.