31.   Miller did offer a theory why Mark Jackson, billed as the final component for a championship-caliber team, is playing behind journeyman Haywoode Workman.

32.   Minority delegates and alternates offered several theories why the GOP is a hard sell.

33.   News organizations and free-lance commentators have compensated for the White House silence on the details by offering numerous theories about what he might wind up doing.

34.   No theories were offered by authorities about why Oklahoma City was the target.

35.   No one knows for sure why the wider zone has emerged, but one American League manager offered a theory.

36.   One administration lawyer offered a theory.

37.   Over the years, they have offered many theories challenging gospel accounts and the events described in the New Testament.

38.   People offered theories about art and science, about bending light and space, about an environment so three-dimensional that it seemed flat.

39.   Researchers offered two theories for how the Venusian surface has changed since the planet was formed.

40.   Shanghai residents may offer various theories about the new summer fad, but straight laziness should not be ruled out.