31.  Digital has since been acquired by Houston-based Compaq Computer Corp., but the Alpha deal is still in force.

32.  Did I read a bowdlerized version, long ago, or simply edit it unconsciously in the years since?

33.  DiMarco has since traded in the van for a BMW.

34.  Despite the hype that has surrounded both players since, they have yet to have a head-to-head showdown.

35.  Destiny's-turned-dynasty's darlings had long since stuck a fork in T-Spoon and her fellow mugging victims from New York.

36.  Dina has since been battered by the deep recession that followed the devaluation of the Mexican peso in late 1994.

37.  Dini has since added the 1996 budget to his must-do list.

38.  Davis, who has since retired in the wake of the scandal, goes to trial Sept. 7 for first-degree theft.

39.  Devastating riots protesting his rule broke out in 1991 in Kinshasa, where Mobutu has since felt unwelcome.

40.  Dewberry never spoke to or wrote again to her grandfather, who has since died.