21.  Dennis Rodman is playing with a cool head, and Michael Jordan is speaking in almost condescending terms about Payton.

22.  Dennis Russell Davies led a vibrant performance and elicited some of the firmest and most transparent playing the American Composers Orchestra has produced in recent seasons.

23.  Dent played for the Rangers at the end of his career after being acquired from the New York Yankees on Aug.8, 1982.

24.  Dent sat out practice for the second straight day Friday and coach George Seifert admitted that he was pessimistic about Dent's prospects for playing.

25.  Dentists have learned to play on this vanity and anxiety, encouraging dental care that is medically unnecessary but attractive to patients.

26.  Denver (10-11) was at the end of a road trip in which it played six games in nine nights.

27.  Denver Broncos tight end Desmond Clark, who played at Kathleen with Lewis, said his former teammate has a magnetic personality.

28.  Denver discovered music when he went to his grandmother's farm in Oklahoma, where he played guitar and listened to country balladeers on the radio.

29.  Denver is convinced that if Nebraska quarterback Tommie Frazier is healthy enough (despite his blood clots) to play, he's a safety.

30.  Denver plays in the AFC West, the league's best division.