31.   The blows came fast and furious, mostly to the face, he said.

32.   The final blow came when it was disclosed that he had a secret supplemental contract with the athletic department.

33.   The first blow came on Sunday night, hours after the pope boarded an El Al plane to return to the Vatican.

34.   The final blow came in the last minute.

35.   The final blow comes when Bibi, preoccupied with her problems, strikes a pedestrian while driving and blithely leaves the scene of the accident.

36.   The decisive blows came in the eighth inning.

37.   The final blow came when she got a hospital bill.

38.   The final blow came when the discount retailer was unable to get financing from its bank consortium.

39.   The first blow came from a failed military coup that aimed to undo his changes.

40.   The first blow came when scientists like Kurt Goedel proved that mathematical systems are always incomplete and cannot be relied on to describe nature.