31.  A cold rain, whipped by strong winds, had laced the city for the better part of two days.

32.  A goose egg could take the better part of a day, Zebrun said.

33.  A flailing Bruce Chen spent the better part of the third inning under a cloud of home run fireworks in SkyDome.

34.  A pattern of generals replacing civilian presidents only to be replaced again by generals has been the rule from Panama to Argentina for the better part of a century.

35.  After signing with Elektra, Davis spent the better part of two years working on material.

36.  After being outplayed for the better part of three quarters, the Nets were cool down the stretch, while Washington, under interim coach Jim Brovelli, crumbled.

37.  After that, discretion is the better part of flavor.

38.  After hunkering down for the better part of a year and beating back Republican efforts to kill the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Cisneros is back.

39.  But as a roving regional reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, I had spent the better part of seven years exploring small Texas towns.

40.  But Dole spent the better part of the forum lauding his school-choice plan.