31.   Rather than cutting his teeth in Europe, the CBA or IBL, Smith decided he could handle Dallas and the NBA now.

32.   Rasp teeth are cut individually, and they look like miniature chisels across the rasp surface.

33.   Roberts, who cut her teeth on romance novels, has added suspense to her plots and become a best-selling hardback novelist.

34.   She came to cut her teeth professionally with the arch-conservative Mountain States Legal Foundation.

35.   She spent time as a teen-ager in New York, where she cut her teeth performing acoustic sets at East Village cafes.

36.   She cut her teeth as a young woman at The Miami Herald and The National Enquirer, where she was a reporter and editor.

37.   Some, like Erik, the red-nailed bass player, and Conrad, the blue-haired guitarist, had already cut their teeth in garage bands.

38.   Steinberg cut his teeth in local politics in his native Boston where he grew up as the son of a jeweler.

39.   Still, he notes, his act has changed since the early days when he cut his teeth on the Bay Area club circuit.

40.   That is where everyone cut their teeth.