31.   Viewed as a potential franchise quarterback, Manning has been the subject of intense speculation on whether he will pass up his final year of college eligibility.

32.   What specific moves Diller might make have been were the subject of intense speculation in throughout Hollywood ever since word of these talks first surfaced earlier this week.

33.   Whether stricter policies by the city will bring those days again is the subject of intense speculation.

34.   Whether Fiat and its principal shareholders, the Agnelli family, will ultimately exit the car business is the subject of intense speculation these days.

35.   White and his colleagues triggered intense speculation this summer by abandoning their first name for it, Australopithecus ramidus, based only on a few jaw and skull bones.

36.   Who their successors would be has been a persistent subject of intense speculation in the theater world.

37.   Who their successors will be is a subject of intense speculation in the theater world.

38.   By how much remains a topic of intense speculation.

39.   For months, Wenger had stalled on signing an extension, leading to intense speculation that he would leave for another club.

40.   He was the subject of intense speculation over his real identity.