31.   He did not run from the bad luck and bad play that has doomed Boston, but faced a future that does not include the playoffs.

32.   He was an electrical engineer facing a future with little risk or reward.

33.   Now Akamai faces a future without one of its key leaders.

34.   Now they appear pitiful, trying to face a future that is not what it used to be.

35.   Now we face the future, aware of our great accomplishments of the past and cognizant of the pitfalls that could lie ahead.

36.   Of course, both of my friends face uncertain futures.

37.   Now the Yankees will prepare to face the future without Don Mattingly.

38.   Polistina, who lives in South River, N.J., said he was facing the future with trepidation.

39.   She gets by, and faces the future with optimism because of a deepened spirituality.

40.   So, investors mopped their brows, stopped checking their pulses, wolfed down some Pepto-Bismol and once again faced the future with hope.