31.   Ms. Beranbaum refined it by lining the pastry with crushed gingersnaps and pecans, and filling it with a custard so light and creamy it defied gravity.

32.   Often, when ballet dancers taught to defy gravity tackle modern choreography, they look like helium balloons that need to be anchored to the ground.

33.   Of course, some new issues continue to defy gravity after day one.

34.   On top of that, Latin countries could suffer if the U.S. economy stops being so robust, or if the high-flying U.S. stock market finally stops defying gravity.

35.   One after another, they are transformed into birds, twisting, spinning, defying gravity as they climb higher and higher.

36.   Rather, the dancers form a churning circle of life, while a figure leaps among them with an abandon that seems to defy gravity.

37.   Some funds that invest in individual countries in Latin America defied gravity.

38.   Some people stopped at the intersection of Williams and Liberty Streets to stare through the dust at the remaining thread of a building that defied gravity and stood.

39.   Spook Hill is an incline where it is claimed that gravity is defied and a vehicle will coast uphill.

40.   The German mark continues to defy gravity, despite labor unrest and strong economic growth.