31.   Before Monday, the Impenetrable Forest was considered the last safe place to seek out the gorillas because civil strife had put the other habitats out of bounds.

32.   Being in a professional environment, especially where a show for students was being produced, the last place I expected a racial attack was there.

33.   Before this season, the Yankees and White Sox were considered contenders and the Angels were supposed to have difficulty emerging from last place.

34.   Both teams finished tied for last place in the Big East last season.

35.   -- Once again, they are stuck in the quicksand of last place, wondering how to get their hands around a football game.

36.   ----- To some, Africa seems like the last place to invest billions in high technology.

37.   A check of the standings Friday morning showed the Bruins in last place in the Northeast Division.

38.   A Department of Veterans Affairs medical center seemed like the last place they would find counseling.

39.   A poetry reading is the last place one might expect Beck, John Leguizamo, Gina Gershon and Jeremy Scott to be.

40.   A regulation-time victory at Tampa Friday would lift the Revolution out of last place in the Eastern Conference.