31.  Any selfishness or stubbornness about Ripken, and the way he became an icon, cannot undermine the awe his feat has inspired.

32.  Derek Fisher attacks questions the way he does loose balls; he holds nothing back.

33.  Derimian, the 22-year-old Russian who moved to Israel six months ago, is in many ways typical of the Russian predicament.

34.  Derivatives are making their way into the bank loan market, further blurring the distinction between loans and traded securities such as corporate bonds.

35.  Derivatives aside, the primary way for a fund to enhance its return is to lower costs or to absorb some of its management fee.

36.  Derivatives can turbocharge an ordinary investment portfolio in the same way that a new V-8 can help a jalopy.

37.  Derivatives let both have their way -- with an asset that was formerly indivisible.

38.  Dermatologists say the best way to protect skin and prevent premature aging is to avoid going out into the sun without wearing sunscreen.

39.  DeGeneres learned this the hard way after her ABC comedy was more concerned with her character coming out than being funny.

40.  Deion Sanders played the whole game, both ways, and didn't dance once.