21.   Critics on both the left and right have begun to question whether the world would be better off without these institutions.

22.   Did he believe the Pacers were better without Smits?

23.   Even so, many Charlestonians say the city is better off without the base.

24.   Guard Erick Strickland said he expected the question of the team being better off without Rodman to crop up as soon as the Mavericks beat the Pistons.

25.   Hartman, who testified for both grand juries and since has retired as postmaster, insisted that despite the bad press, the town remains better off without McElroy.

26.   Giuliani has insisted that policing would be better without the overhead and bureaucracy of three separate forces.

27.   Grilled Georgia mountain trout would have been better without the bullying garlic mayonnaise sauce over it.

28.   He said that the Los Angeles Lakers are better off without him, that Miami is too far from home and that he wants his front office desk back.

29.   He said the party would probably be better off without a divisive primary in the Senate race.

30.   He said they were better off without him.