His period as Headmaster had been, to say the least, exciting.

"Land that's desirable for cemeteries is not available, period," he said.

The housing industry has entered a sluggish period that may extend into the 1990's, analysts said.

"Getting off to a good start is nice, period, no matter what kind of year you're coming off," he said.

I'm talking about competence and what this period says about Kerry and his campaign.

For some periods - the 19th century, say - there are also written records, letters, census figures, even photographs.

He will decide how many periods at the end to play such a strategy, say 3.

A red semi-regular variable; range 5.0 to 7.6, period said to be about 130 days though I find little evidence of this.

"They aren't working hard enough, period," Dave Checketts said the other day.

"A good first period," Luongo said of tonight's performance.