31.  Just a few weeks ago, a wrecking ball and bulldozer took down one of the oldest such establishments, Harts Villa.

32.  Let the wrecking ball swing.

33.  McDonald said she will be glad to see the wrecking ball bring the complex down.

34.  Meanwhile, a historic-architecture advocacy group is waging a campaign on the Internet to save the Cyclorama building from the wrecking ball.

35.  Much of downtown Oklahoma City still calls out for hammers, nails or wrecking balls, even as the first anniversary of the bombing looms this week.

36.  New York may be notorious for bulldozing over its history, but somehow the wrecking ball has spared many sites that served as crucibles for labor.

37.  Never, however, gaze beyond the big wrecking ball in the sky.

38.  Nothing is quite as cool as a wrecking ball.

39.  Once the Mariners get their final swings in, the only ones left will belong to the wrecking ball.

40.  Offensive linemen have spent the past month trying in vain to slow down Adams, the wrecking ball who lines up at left defensive tackle for the Seahawks.