31.   Perhaps we could cut out the middle man and pay women a decent wage to raise their own children.

32.   So Petkovsek has become a middle man, usually pitching an inning or two at a time but capable of going more.

33.   Sticklers for tradition will cut out the middle man and go straight to the farmers to buy a live pig.

34.   Stock markets operate with middle men, specialists or market makers, who step in when trading becomes stuck.

35.   The candy drew plenty of customers, so the brothers decided to eliminate the middle man and make their own sweets.

36.   The agents serve as middle men, taking your request and hooking you up with a courier service, which actually moves the cargo.

37.   The company used those ties to establish itself as a kind of middle man between China and the West, matching technology and capital with the Chinese market.

38.   The Israelis want to be the middle men.

39.   The Republicans came into this process with a tried and true middle man, Bob Dole.

40.   The Sox have brought in veterans Pena, Mike Hartley and Stan Belinda to motivate younger middle men like Pierce, Keith Shepherd, Joe Hudson and Joel Bennett.