31.   Some Wall Street pundits have said gridlock is not necessarily a bad thing, since it adds checks and balances to the policy-making process.

32.   So let the pundits say Gore was a bore.

33.   Sure, pundits say that the lead character is unlovable and that the relentless focus on Hollywood is too insider-ish to really understand.

34.   Terrorists, the pundits say, harbor a murderously distorted version of the same impulse.

35.   The political pundits say no.

36.   The pundits say so.

37.   The pundits are saying that the country needs to psych itself up for a mean-spirited, negative campaign.

38.   The pundits said that only a hard-line anti-communist such as Richard Nixon could open the door to China.

39.   The pundits say this will beget a redefinition, and allow the public to see Clinton anew.

40.   The pundits said a Big Apple show would never work there, mistaken wisdom that has been repeated in every market Stern has entered since.