31.   Potpies are the very definition of comfort food.

32.   Soane was the very definition of the self-made man in an era when lineage and class were all-important.

33.   Some remain confused about the very definition of homeland security.

34.   Sounds like the very definition of political integrity.

35.   That is the very definition of predatory pricing as defined by the Supreme Court.

36.   That sounds like the very definition of the Szymanowski recording he has wanted to make.

37.   The combative Crandall was the very definition of a hard-driving executive.

38.   The phenomenon has changed the very definition of reform.

39.   The very definition of that appliance we call the box is changing.

40.   The very definition of the enemy is certain to become fuzzier with time.