31.   But life that rural took its toll.

32.   But since describing his dealings with bin Laden, Al Ridi said, his life has taken a harsh turn.

33.   But their lives have taken dramatically different paths.

34.   But the migrant life can take a heavy toll on their educations.

35.   But when a tearful Patti bursts into a classroom with the news that Nikki has committed suicide, their lives take a wrenchingly introspective turn.

36.   But when she finds a tin box of boyhood keepsakes behind a wall in her apartment, her quiet life takes a few complicated turns.

37.   Byron Luster thinks about the recent path his life has taken and he smiles.

38.   By a billion years or so after Earth formed, life had already taken hold.

39.   Despite the nightmarish turn her life has taken, Sara never loses her exuberant, inventive spirit.

40.   Does he ever think about what direction his life might have taken if Khomeini had gone into the dry-cleaning business?