51.  For the better part of a century they were treated as chattel.

52.  For the better part of a decade, he and his organization have been end-running and bedeviling Oregon governors and the Oregon Legislature with anti-tax and anti-spending initiatives.

53.  For the better part of a decade, that has been their mission.

54.  For the better part of a month they told Rodney Sermons to prepare himself, to show up on Saturday afternoon, to be ready to play football.

55.  For the better part of a week, the players were scrutinized, analyzed, asked the serious and the sublime.

56.  For the better part of a week, we chased around from one newspaper office to another like a band of Gypsies.

57.  For the better part of four months, in fact, New England's last act of practice on Fridays has been the pooch play.

58.  For the better part of four years, though, the message escaped me.

59.  For the better part of six decades, Peck's image has reflected the strong, dependable, straightforward courage of a moral man.

60.  For the better part of six years, he was lost.