31.   There are artists who spend a career trying to equal a remarkable debut, and Tricky is among them.

32.   This decade has been spent trying to put things back on course.

33.   To adhere to the myth makes some sense of the migraine-inducing hours we spent trying to comprehend and judge all the state and local propositions.

34.   Wall Street spent Thursday trying to figure out who he was and what he stood for, in case he does come out victorious.

35.   While upstarts spent billions trying to technically leapfrog their way to competitive advantage, the Baby Bells relied fundamentally on their long-standing networks.

36.   Your time would have been better spent trying to improve your pathetic football team.

37.   Your first few spoonfuls are spent trying to figure out how to get through the fripperies and into the soup.

38.   For the young refugees, nights are spent trying to forget the artillery attacks that drove them away from their home.

39.   He did not know how much money al-Qaida has spent trying to buy these weapons.

40.   Much of the first act is spent trying to persuade others to join him in taking off their clothes in public.