31.   But as a portrait of working-class Middle America, where the devil is as legitimate a figure as God himself, the picture is riveting and terrifying.

32.   Bush had set that figure as his goal.

33.   But black progress is impeded by such questionable figures as Steve Urkel, Mr. T, and Dennis Rodman in a wedding dress.

34.   But Carol A. Roberts, who sits on the local board that oversees elections, dismissed that figure as impossibly high.

35.   But De Sole saw the revenue figures as considerably lower.

36.   But Duracell points to recent sales figures as proof that its strategy of offering a premium battery line is working.

37.   But council members and others who testified Monday attacked both figures as irrelevant.

38.   But it is unusual for a figure as powerful and forceful as Lichtenstein to stay on.

39.   But rather than apply the CPI figure as a percentage, the Coalition plan would apply it as a dollar figure.

40.   But prosecutors decided on the lower figures as part of the deal reached with the companies.