21.  Defibrillator implants are being used in 25,000 to 30,000 patients each year and are being implanted with increasing frequency.

22.  Defibrillators are small devices that are implanted under the skin of patients with abnormal heartbeats.

23.  Defibrillators are small devices, about the size of a cassette tape, that are implanted in the abdomen or chest and monitor the heart through electrical wires.

24.  Defibrillators cost about $20,000 and a comparable amount to implant, but they are credited with saving thousands of lives since their introduction in 1985.

25.  Defibrillators now are implanted in about 32,000 patients a year worldwide, of which about 25,000 are in the U.S.

26.  Deficit reduction is key, analysts said, because it could help control the government's costs at a time interest rates are running at 20 percent or more.

27.  Deficit-cutting efforts are pushing the EU into recession, said d'Estaing, who now leads the junior partner in France's ruling coalition.

28.  Deficits are expected to balloon toward the end of the decade, primarily because health expenditures under Medicare and Medicaid will soar.

29.  Defining "well" is a subjective proposition, especially for the Stars, who are trying to extend their run of consecutive division titles to six.

30.  Definitions are accompanied by always playful, sometimes zany, often animated illustrations and pictures.