21.   Cronkite, bless his heart, is a generational throwback.

22.   Even Kiki, bless her heart, is housebroken.

23.   Friedman, bless his heart, has tried his darnedest to accommodate.

24.   Julia, bless her heart, still props herself on the counter while guest chefs bake toothsome tarts and cakes and breads.

25.   Joe, bless his heart, is an idealist who could use a transfusion of common sense.

26.   Lyle, bless his heart, is pretty darned homely and has really weird hair.

27.   My mother, bless her heart, is in the cleaning-out-the-nest phase.

28.   My mother, bless her heart, was the least demonstrative person God ever breathed life into.

29.   My stepson, bless his heart, has managed to raise at least a few eyebrows on this street of depravity.

30.   She studied modern dance, bless her heart.