41.   A. This one surprises me, because I almost always calculate that people are better off with the lump sum when faced with these options.

42.   According to researchers at Arizona State University, women are better off with a well-cushioned fanny than a well-rounded tummy when it comes to staving off heart attacks.

43.   According to the principles of optics, the bulging curvature should make the lens focus better and better with advancing years.

44.   After a so-so training camp, he seems to have gotten better with experience this year.

45.   Also, with its raw octaves, it goes better with the scherzo than either does with the two movements we are used to.

46.   Bulky, gathered waists look better with opaque belts.

47.   Brady could have returned in the second half, but Belichick decided that the Patriots were better off with a healthy Bledsoe.

48.   But after a loss against Massachusetts, Pitino realized that the Wildcats were better off with Delk playing his natural shooting-guard spot.

49.   But fundamentally, it boils down to whether analysts think shareholders will be better off with two monopolies or one.

50.   But he decided that he would be better off with the stability a full-time job.