41.   How can you not like a guy who reacted to being made the first pick in the draft by blinking back tears?

42.   His opponent stood beside him swallowing back tears and biting her lip.

43.   I envisioned her clutching a gold statuette, blinking back tears as she thanked the members of the academy.

44.   I bit my lip under the big fuzzy set of white whiskers and blinked back tears.

45.   I try to hold back tears.

46.   If, on the other hand, you hear them choking back tears, proceed with caution.

47.   In between flashbacks and tributes she swallowed hard and blinked back tears.

48.   In the other locker room, expectations were met, champagne swirled, Steinbrenner fought back tears.

49.   Instead Bill walked to the podium and, with Hillary at his side fighting back tears, dropped a bombshell.

50.   Inside her River Street apartment in Mattapan, Mariette Napoleon wipes back tears with flat palms.