21.  Finding him took the better part of the day, call after call to Chicago.

22.  For a man who had spent the better part of his life on tour, the road offered no escape from grief.

23.  For Darin Jordan had kept in shape by spending the better part of three months skating with out-of-work members of the San Jose Sharks.

24.  For example, Mooney made a ladder to help the astronauts better access parts of the station.

25.  For the better part of 10 days, 25-knot winds had swept the rocky point at Montauk.

26.  For the better part of 15 years, Jordan was the central component of that sales pitch.

27.  For the better part of 20 years, Earle was a raging drug addict.

28.  For the better part of 20 years, Kopans has had to rush home from work to have supper ready for her two sons.

29.  For the better part of 20 years, Sinden has lamented how the game has gone soft on newcomers, especially its young scoring stars.

30.  For the better part of 275 miles, the Southlake resident berated himself about his dismal start to the 2002 season.