31.  In the top of the eighth, AL manager Al Lopez did a very curious thing.

32.  It is a curious thing to see this renewed vigor in Faldo here amid the island ease.

33.  More than one NBA club also noted his considerable entourage, a curious thing considering that he is, after all, a high school kid.

34.  Once initial astonishment was overcome, two curious things were obvious.

35.  Overall ticket prices were lowered in the offseason, which was a curious thing to do.

36.  Restored to the public platform, Packwood did a curious thing.

37.  She mentioned a curious thing.

38.  Still, golf was a pleasant distraction and this Ryder Cup seemed a curious thing.

39.  Soon a curious thing happened.

40.  The curious thing is that some of the leading figures in what until now has been the consensus have not spoken out against the radical change in outlook.