21.   Wallace was his usual lively self, and they both looked to be working well together.

22.   Paula seemed to be her usual cheerful self.

23.   Although the Blazers were their usual unbalanced selves, the Lakers gave the game away twice and lost in double overtime.

24.   American manager Tommy Lasorda was his usual buoyant self.

25.   And then Rice, having separated his left shoulder, returned and the Niners were back to their usual selves, scoring on their fifth possession.

26.   Beavis and Butt-head are their usual hydrocephalic selves, while other characters are depicted in a more realistic manner.

27.   After a week or two, she was her usual self.

28.   Brooks brings a perfect, rumpled desperation to his part, Fraser is both attractive and unnervingly unhinged, and Wiest is her usual smart self.

29.   But by the next day, Rabalais was her usual sunny self, the standby upset seemingly forgotten.