21.  Any promise of civil rights and equality under the law dies when a nation's criminal justice system acts upon racist assumptions that target members of minority groups.

22.  Dennis is about to take a practice dive at a new casino in Mississippi when he witnesses a murder committed beneath his platform.

23.  Dennis L. Boyer, the head of Brothers Gourmet Coffee, remembers the reaction he got when he took his company public last year.

24.  Dennis Moore, the deputy managing editor of the paper's Life section, where King's column appears each Monday, wasn't laughing when I spoke to him.

25.  Dennis Rodman missed practice Monday, and even hung up on Coach Phil Jackson when he asked for an explanation.

26.  Dennis Rodman went on another excursion to Las Vegas on Monday, when the Bulls were given the day off.

27.  Dennis Zine, director of the Police Protective League union, said saps were popular police tools 50 years ago when officers used them for close-combat situations.

28.  Dennison found especially annoying the suggestion that the company or Clark should alert investors to those times when he was under restraint.

29.  DennisRowland was only 5 when he heard his parents' recording of the Joe Williams-Count Basie hit "Ev'ry Day."

30.  Dent goes to the team meetings, and Seifert thinks his forced idleness may help him be an even better player when he returns.