31.   Dickson has shown his shoulder is healthy since coming off surgery, but has been unbable to find his command.

32.   Donald B. Stenberg, the Nebraska attorney general, contended an exception was unnecessary since another procedure, dilation and evacuation, was available.

33.   Eakle, who said he had been bearish since December, added that when companies like IBM fell, the market was in trouble.

34.   Elvis impersonators have been around since long before the real Elvis died, the impostors working Holiday Inns, state fairs and Kiwanis picnics.

35.   Former U.S. coach Bora Milutinovic has been on board since February with no noticeable improvement.

36.   He declined to say whom he would vote for, but he betrayed his sympathies when asked if life has been better since reunification.

37.   He has been big since high school, but until this season, he never had trouble hitting.

38.   He still cringes about losses he believes he could have turned into victories, but he has been single-minded since his return.

39.   Her life has not been easy since Patrick left, Hirsch said.

40.   Her husband had been deaf since early childhood, and she herself had lost much of her hearing late in life.