31.   Most, in fact, died in their homes, as have scores of other Kosovar Albanians who have yet to master the basic tenets of guerrilla warfare.

32.   Opposition to abortion has long been a basic tenet of conservative Republicans.

33.   Patrick Buchanan, the conservative commentator who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, has been lecturing New Yorkers on the basic tenets of democracy.

34.   Perhaps the most basic tenet of American democracy is the agreement to abide by the results of elections.

35.   Some investors have forgotten this basic tenet of equity investing during the past seven years, a period when stocks soared.

36.   Some investors have forgotten this basic tenet of equity investing during the past seven years, a period of soaring stocks.

37.   That is partly because there is so little organized opposition to the basic tenets of the Republican program.

38.   That was, Holmgren and Green Bay defensive coordinator Fritz Shurmur admitted, the result of some basic defensive tenets with a few guarded addendums.

39.   The basic tenet of their book is that manners make you sexy, that you should be nice and assume niceness in others.

40.   The basic tenets of Islam were not compromised, and various interpretations of Islam coexisted.