31.   Stocks are a good investment in good times, but they can prove destructive for individuals on limited income in bad times.

32.   That could have proven lucrative for Harvard portfolio managers, but the university believed it would dilute the focus on Harvard.

33.   That done, we fretted when our Barcelona hotel proved full for the new nights we wanted.

34.   The caution, of course, is that the Woods Effect has proved itself for more than two years.

35.   The latter perception, Todd said, is likely to prove troubling for the newly-elected Republican county officials who ran on platforms calling for less government.

36.   The lack thereof eventually doomed the Vietnam adventure, and they have proved elusive for the Europeans as well.

37.   The stakes are highest for Bush, the front-runner who must prove for the first time whether he deserves that title.

38.   The team has long coveted a state-of-the-art training facility, such as the one Anschutz proved for the expansion Fire.

39.   They have proven for five years that they cannot run the ball effectively.

40.   Those elements could prove dangerous for consumers carrying plenty of debt, he said.