31.   Like most journalists who freely offer their opinion in print, Stein has ruffled feathers and bruised egos.

32.   More than missed pasta and bruised egos are at stake.

33.   She has left bruised egos and toes in her wake.

34.   Some chalk it up to a bruised ego.

35.   The bruised ego of the American male will be under attack again here today in a Kentucky Derby with an unprecedented feminine and foreign presence.

36.   The lawmakers who lost re-election bids spoke candidly about bruised egos and adjusting to life outside the spotlight.

37.   The reasons cited by participants have varied from clashing operating procedures and fee structures, to differing strategies for growth and bruised egos at the top.

38.   There were no scrapes, cuts, broken tables or bruised egos to mend.

39.   Williams is headed home to Puerto Rico, nursing a bruised ego and battered post-season record that was once so impeccable.

40.   Bruised egos and bad blood go back a long way between these two companies.