31.   However, Mattox cited data in the report that he believes suggests American families are not all that different from those of previous decades.

32.   In addition, students come from more varied and difficult backgrounds than in previous decades.

33.   In its remarkable turnaround from the winless seasons of the previous decade, K-State rarely is an underdog against a non-conference opponent.

34.   In previous decades, before slavery took hold, interracial sex was more prevalent than at any other time in American history.

35.   In many parts of the country, and in New York in previous decades, for example, principals routinely paddled the mischievous.

36.   In previous decades, it was dictaphones, electric typewriters, copying machines, fax machines and computers.

37.   It beat the Ford Taurus and Honda Accord, whose sales had held first or second place most of the previous decade.

38.   It is also the epitome of a national sports channel, covering sports with a broad brush much as Sports Illustrated and the broadcast networks did in previous decades.

39.   Labor force growth over the past year slowed to about half the annual rate of the previous decade as the rush of women into the market stalled.

40.   Like King and Brammer, Milner had scratched out a meager living with his writing through much of the previous decade.