31.  As blasts of machine-gun fire echoed off the surrounding hills, tremendous explosions burst inside the old city, partly obscuring the mosque with black smoke.

32.  As "Proposals" sorts out its confused lovers into appropriately matched pairs, it becomes clear that romance for Simon is at least partly linguistic.

33.  As a branch of official radio, the show remains partly subsidized, Liang said.

34.  Diane English, who created the show, said it was partly a creature of its time.

35.  DiBiaggio left for Division III Tufts University in 1992, partly because of that dispute.

36.  Dignity was partly restored in the succeeding hours, but the damage had been done.

37.  Diller is partly responsible for building Fox Television into the fourth major television network.

38.  David Leavy, spokesman for the National Security Council, said that the agreement was partly aimed at Iran.

39.  Diplomats say his change of heart appears to be motivated partly by the threat of a loss of foreign aid and tourism.

40.  Details of the ensuing argument that spiced the chilly, still mountain air has not been included in this family newspaper -- partly because it transpired entirely in German.