31.   Whatever the reason, an increasing number of athletes are elbowing their way into the music industry.

32.   Whatever the reason, at least three people who took the unusual step of leaving senior positions on Wall Street to pursue new callings once worked at First Pennco.

33.   Whatever the reason, curriculum publishers are smiling.

34.   Whatever the reason, deep faith seems to translate into deeper happiness.

35.   Whatever the reason, exercise videos these days are as hot as a midday power walk in August.

36.   Whatever the reason, ferret-legging in Yorkshire pretty much died out with Mellor.

37.   Whatever the reason, he has done little wrong this season.

38.   Whatever the reason, Israelis are feeling more at home in the heart of their cherished, yet disputed, capital.

39.   Whatever the reason, it is clear that the average American is not keeping pace with the energy-squandering standards being set by the vice president.

40.   Whatever the reason, New York had enough moisture last month for several formidable snowstorms, but not the freezing temperatures.