31.   By that time, it was known that Larry Bird, acting at the behest of ownership, had asked Pitino if he was interested in coaching the Celtics.

32.   Camby would not confirm Friday whether he will act at a witness in the extortion trial this fall of the sports agent Wesley Spears.

33.   Considering the cornpone manner in which he acts at some of these press conferences, you expect him to see him flanked by Barney Fife and Gomer Pyle.

34.   David Speidel, acting provost at Queens, said the proposal came together quickly.

35.   Each developed a fastidious approach to acting at an early age.

36.   EU trade spokesman Peter Guilford said it was too early to say if the U.S. and EU would act together at the WTO.

37.   Europeans tend to linger over meals and want to learn how to make conversation, how to act at a table and get along with each other.

38.   Eventually, he gave up and headed east to study acting at New York University.

39.   For many years, Miss Forbes divided her time between New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, where she acted at the Goodman Theater.

40.   Fried and his supporters argue that a solicitor general, like a state attorney general, acts at the behest of the executive he serves.