41.   He felt the two-week layoff before the game and the Super Bowl media hoopla took the edge off his team.

42.   He focused instead on restoring communication between Netanyahu and Arafat and persuading the Israelis to make some compensatory gestures that might take the edge off the tension.

43.   He had years of therapy, but he credits Prozac with taking the edge off his neuroses.

44.   He was in the clubhouse when the earthquake hit and said it took the edge off his performance.

45.   His innocent-sounding query took the edge off a tense moment, and the lady of the house spilled the beans.

46.   I developed a stock answer to take the edge off, and it always got a laugh.

47.   In a game critical to both teams, UCLA will take every edge it can get.

48.   In any event, while the hardships are apparent, glossy cinematography takes the edge off the suffering.

49.   In preserves, lavender takes the edge off sweetness and adds complexity.

50.   Initially, the medicine took the edge off just enough so I could walk and talk, but by the third day I was bedridden.