31.   Do I sound down on Rothko?

32.   Explosions sounded on the Taliban side, but it was unclear whether U.S. bombs or alliance shells caused the blasts.

33.   For his part, Arafat continued to sound defiant on Friday.

34.   Hailing from Austin, Texas, this band of guitar-crunching mavens always sounds on the verge of spinning out of control.

35.   He has always liked the way rain sounds on a tin roof.

36.   He was so emotionally hurt, he sounded on the verge of tears.

37.   I wanted Usher to sound on record like he sounded in real life.

38.   If Aikman sounds particularly sane and serious on this subject, he is.

39.   If Bush sounds more relaxed on the eve of Election Day, Ms. Richards sounds rather tense and snappish.

40.   If this sounds like so much rain on a Rose Bowl parade, it is.