31.   And it takes awhile, on first meeting him, to get past the same sort of one-liners that make up his columns.

32.   And he has done it as much because nothing seems to affect him as no soccer ball seems to get past him.

33.   And Leyland, once staunchly opposed to the wild-card playoff berth, now might need it to get past his old nemesis.

34.   And it looks promising as long as you can get past the first two episodes.

35.   And it took Kennedy above all to help him get past the details of the tobacco settlement to raise his sights and fix them on price.

36.   And Maggie Mahar writes on international investing on Tuesdays, trying to get past the conventional wisdom.

37.   And maybe, once she got past the rat-infested stairwell, she slept in a clean bed.

38.   And the pair who go to Hawaii each December to soak up enough light to get past the dark months.

39.   And once you got past them, there was no way anyone would catch you with your speed.

40.   And try to get past the Disney live-action axiom that graphic slapstick violence plus bodily function humor plus blows to the groin equal family fun.