31.   After making another one of his notorious slow starts, Sampras only barely escaped from the first set with its tie breaker in his pocket.

32.   Al Del Greco made only one of four field-goal attempts Sunday, and another miss was negated by an offside penalty.

33.   Burks, however, missed the ensuing free-throw attempt after his layup and made only one of two attempts from the line eight seconds later.

34.   But as the entire history of his investigation shows, not having a case does not prevent him and his House friends from trying to make one anyway.

35.   But Gore could have returned to his residence before making the statement, or he could have not made one at all.

36.   But he made every one.

37.   But he made the one that mattered most.

38.   But his four-foot jump shot rolled around the rim and out and he made only one of two free throws.

39.   But I made good ones, too.

40.   But it no longer makes new ones.