31.   And, as the story always goes, Patton-Spruill was on his way to fame and riches.

32.   As hunting stories go, it was a good one.

33.   As news stories go, this is huge.

34.   As human-interest stories go, it is hard to top the profile of the Russian figure skater Yelena Berezhnaya, who said she was beaten by her former partner.

35.   As love stories go, the tale of Fiona and Donald G. Havlish Jr., well, it almost never happened.

36.   As love stories go, this one seemed predictable.

37.   As the story goes, he was denied passage into Spain.

38.   As the story goes, one of our executives stood at the copier, wondering how it worked.

39.   As the story goes, she is preserved perfectly in Indian dress.

40.   As the story goes, the captain woke up just in time to put the ship back on course.