31.   To many, she stands as a towering figure for her willingness to broaden the role of first lady.

32.   Thursday, Smith looked out and saw the towering figure of John Thompson, down from Georgetown to honor his friend, and Smith started to choke up.

33.   What about Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, that towering figure from the Bauhaus whose disciples remade Chicago at midcentury?

34.   When a towering figure like Colin Powell declines to compete for the presidency, all other candidates in the race profit, political strategists said Wednesday.

35.   With his stark white hair and academic demeanor, Moynihan is towering figure in the Senate.

36.   Younger Russian intellectuals, more attuned to irony than moral certitude, take delight in knocking the towering figure of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

37.   And the nationalists, he said, made it appear the entire country owed its independence to just a few towering figures.

38.   But France got through the second round and Zidane came back a towering figure in the quarterfinals against Italy.

39.   But local activists say the plan will prevent observers from adequately viewing the towering stone figures, which experts say may have both ritual and astronomical significance.

40.   His detention and trial could become a rallying point for reformists, who regard Yazdi as a towering figure.