1.   And if a manager has played, maybe he can relate a little better to what a player is dealing with out there.

2.   A couple of antique ski poles here were made to double as spears, the better to deal with a hostile schussing bear.

3.   All the better to dance in.

4.   But Fielder quickly added that different meant better to him, because he has long wanted the chance to perform for a contender.

5.   Do our schools look any better to you?

6.   Four centuries ago, Michelangelo turned his attention to scaffolding, the better to touch the heaven he was painting on the Sistine Chapel.

7.   From there, Graf simply shortened up on her errors and kept her shots deep, the better to tire Hingis to the point of resignation.

8.   Gorter and Dutch defender Richard Goulooze might have fit in better to the North American Soccer League, which was foreign-dominated.

9.   He had removed the vents -- convinced someone was spying on him -- and carved a man-sized hole in the wall, perhaps the better to hide in.

10.   He did not have Robert Horry taking liquid calories intravenously, the better to bulk up so he can bang bodies with Rasheed Wallace.