31.   It has become my favorite sporting event, a spring tradition as rich as George Steinbrenner.

32.   Men without fortune went to sea midshipmen and returned as rich as Admiralty warlords.

33.   Oil has made some Nigerians as rich as kings.

34.   Now Indonesia is three times as rich as Nigeria and Thailand is five times richer than Ghana.

35.   Nowhere in the world has professional soccer had owners who are both as patient and rich as the current investors in Major League Soccer.

36.   Patterson said the NAIA, while not as rich as the NCAA, has a balanced budget with money in reserve.

37.   Sherbet generally has a firm consistency and is not as rich as ice cream but is heavier than a simple ice.

38.   So memoir can be as rich as fiction.

39.   Some of the prices are reasonable, and some are as rich as the chocolate.

40.   Texas, however, is unlikely to be able to offer a contract as rich as the deal he reportedly turned down from Arizona State.