31.   It was the loyalist working-class neighborhoods that bore the brunt of the conflict.

32.   Koharski, not Schoenfeld, bore the brunt of what was to follow.

33.   Many employers bore the brunt of higher health care costs rather than lose employees in a tight labor market.

34.   Maybe Raef LaFrentz, who bore the brunt of a withering Issel tirade last season, will step into the breach.

35.   Mercedes-Benz, a unit of Daimler Benz AG, and manufacturers of small pickup trucks, bore the brunt of the slowdown.

36.   Ms. Croft, who will seek a job in education or with a private social services agency, bore the brunt of criticism after the Izquierdo case last year.

37.   Of the major market indexes, the technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index bore the brunt of the damage.

38.   Off the ice, her older sister usually bore the brunt of her excess energy.

39.   Oil-related stocks bore the brunt of the damage, declining for a third day after Iraq began pumping regular volumes of oil through a pipeline to Turkey.

40.   On islands that bore the brunt of the storm, beaches, tropical forests, golf courses and nature reserves were also damaged.