31.  As a coach, to hear a former teammate say something about you like he did last night is very flattering.

32.  Despite alarming scenarios, panic was rare.

33.  Despite all her efforts for the Democratic Party, Mofford is not stridently partisan.

34.  Despite all his hard diplomatic work on behalf of Haitian democracy, Bob Pastor is not wildly optimistic.

35.  Despite all his personal financial problems, he's still more popular than President Clinton in the state.

36.  Despite all his titles, he was too shy to ever take his seat in the House of Lords or enter much into public life.

37.  Despite all its flaws, "The Blackstone Chronicles" is addictive.

38.  Despite all manner of legal and political obstacles, the commission's track record is perfect.

39.  Despite all that, the evidence was so overwhelming that I considered the outcome of Simpson's first trial a toss-up.

40.  Despite all that, the Treo is miles ahead of rival Palm phones and light years ahead of Microsoft's Pocket PC devices.