31.   However, the nation certainly would have been better off without three of these included modifications.

32.   I can scare myself a whole lot better without a screenplay, thank you.

33.   I honestly think the show is better without me.

34.   I wanted to understand sorrel better without having to hire a sous-chef.

35.   If the neighbor boy was that stupid, maybe the army was better off without him.

36.   If the former coach did not jettison him from the team, he made it clear the team would be better off without Spivey.

37.   If the deal is done correctly, the Flyers will be better off without him.

38.   In baseball, owners were so frustrated by commissioners assuming powers never granted them that the lords decided their industry was better off without one.

39.   In his last season, Mattingly was stung by criticism that the Yankees were better off without him.

40.   In time, they come to feel like a burden to their friends and families, that the world would be better without them.