1.   And burning the green stuff sure beats freezing to death.

2.   And sure beats having your face plastered on the side of a milk carton.

3.   And, as Cohen tells it, this routine sure beats patrolling the halls of a hospital emergency room.

4.   Bareleggedness, she thinks, sure beats sweltering in pantyhose.

5.   Losing a couple of games in March sure beats losing a game in April, he said.

6.   Sure beats memorizing the capitals of Eastern Europe.

7.   Sure beats a bowl of rice.

8.   Sure beats fighting with Susan Lucci.

9.   Sure beats Jersey!

10.   Sure beats creamed chipped beef.