31.   But now that the veil of secrecy finally has been lifted, the former volunteers can start accepting credit for an incredible accomplishment that never made the history books.

32.   But it vividly evokes an artistic scene that seems to have slipped without warning out of the newspapers and into the history books.

33.   But this crash was otherwise weirdly different from the ones described in the history books.

34.   But, like them, his place in the history books is assured.

35.   Campisi would not comment on the numbers being cited elsewhere, but was committed to reaching a reliable final figure for the city, and the history books.

36.   Clinton faces a long, grinding march to reach those goals, but reaching them is still his surest bet to win a strong place in the history books.

37.   Each would subtract votes from the broad support needed to write a censure of President Clinton into the history books.

38.   Especially Saturday, in a game that was as close in real time as it will look in the history books.