31. As this woeful season ticks away , it is apparent this one is Ditka's last one in New Orleans. 32. As the months tick away , will the $ 4.9 million initiative touch hearts and minds and produce concrete results? 33. Muir works efficiently under the 24-hour deadline, which for us ticks away in two hours but feels like 48. 34. Investors have bid up the shares of these companies as the time to the millennium's immutable deadline ticks away . 35. "There's a certain Zen-ness and serenity to watching the miles tick away , like 150 miles to Des Moines ." 36. And it chronicles workers'cynicism toward both GM and the Canadian auto workers'union as the plant's last days tick away . 37. The clock always seems to run out on the Sun Devils, and the season is beginning to tick away . 38. At the same time, the time pressure is growing ever more intense as the weeks tick away before Election Day. 39. Monday's bombing _ and the prospect of Israeli retaliation _ raised tensions as the clock ticks away on Clinton's term. 40. Li ended up watching the bulk of his prime athletic years, including 1992 and the Barcelona Olympics, agonizingly tick away .
