31.   And nearly every other couple has stories of absent invitees who felt slighted, at best, when they heard the happy news.

32.   And then you had a story to go on television.

33.   And they all have war stories.

34.   And when it is all over, the candidate has the job and the journalists have the story.

35.   And then everyone I met had stories that made the case personal to them.

36.   And these stars have horror stories that are almost as eerie as the films themselves.

37.   And they have cuter stories to tell than, say, Kathie Lee Gifford.

38.   And those who have had close encounters with canny crows have remarkable stories to tell.

39.   And the few Muslim survivors have important stories to tell.

40.   And, as so often before, he still has no story, just a handful of roughly sketched characters.