31.   He has proved as fickle a political leader as the Serbian president, criticizing nationalism when Milosevic championed it and then embracing it when Milosevic dumped it.

32.   He has proven himself as a player, and any criticism will motivate him and make him work that much harder.

33.   He is too busy proving himself as a master technician in the game of life to take time out for a leisurely roll in the hay.

34.   He just kept plying his trade, maintaining his faith that he would get a chance to prove himself as a head coach.

35.   Health care experts say that choosing a medical group could prove as important in the long run as the choice of a doctor or health plan.

36.   Hopkins is driven to prove himself as a fighter.

37.   However, Simon said the conduct was anything but responsible, and he contended that that will be proven as the case moves ahead and legal discovery begins.

38.   In any sport, it would create that anxiety in the beginning, but eventually the sport would benefit from it, as basketball has proven.

39.   In Iraq, political disintegration and civil war could easily follow a coup and prove as destabilizing to the Persian Gulf region as the Saddam regime has.

40.   In addition, she is regarded as a good firefighter who deals capably with individual crises but has yet to prove herself as a broad strategic thinker.