One day is like another, barring storm or disaster.

Barring disaster, he will lead a dewy Texas team (three other freshmen start) into the tournament this month; three months after that, he'll even more certainly enter the draft, where he'll be the first or second player chosen - and for some, not a moment too soon.

Barring disaster, she would still be alive long after Ghandi's body had turned to dust.

The reason it seems that way is probably that, barring disaster, merriment is the general rule at Callahan's Place.

Barring war, famine, epidemic or disaster, a country needs a birthrate of 2.1 children per woman to hold steady.

Everybody else in the 175-man field is considered to be battling for third place, barring accident or other unforeseen disaster for Indurain, who rides for Banesto.

Although the guides are updated every two years, they stay relevant for generations: barring disaster, Segovia's Romanesque churches endure.

Barring disaster in the last few months of the year, 1993 appears likely to be the third consecutive year of record profits for Merrill and most other securities firms.

Barring disaster, Rodney Hampton, who finally reported Saturday, will be the tailback and Jarrod Bunch the fullback.

With only Sunday's largely ceremonial stage into Paris remaining, the American's lead of 2:16 assures him of his second successive victory in the world's greatest bicycle race, barring disaster.