31.  Although it is an animal, it "steals" green coloration from algae, thus allowing it to ambush fish while masquerading as a microscopic plant.

32.  Diana's ubiquity thus meant that she was an almost inescapable part of the lives of millions of people, whatever they thought of her or of the monarchy.

33.  Did interactivity alter the course of television, and thus the nature of news and culture, as the propaganda ministers of the revolution circa 1975 earnestly promised?

34.  Dinkins said he found integration was difficult to accomplish because the city lacked a residency requirement, and thus white men from the suburbs dominated each academy class.

35.  Different chemical elements and compounds in the atmosphere absorb the starlight differently, and thus have distinctive spectral signatures.

36.  Despite Yeltsin's strongly worded opposition to NATO expansion, there are indications Russia has recognized its inevitability and will thus try to work out the most advantageous terms.

37.  Dining: Perhaps it was ever thus, but the Hungarians have it all over the Czechs in the culinary department.

38.  Development, thus, is strangling the ability of underground aquifers to replenish themselves.

39.  Dazed viewers, searching for lost network signals, thus became better acquainted with cable's alternative menu.

40.  Disclaimer: The wind was blowing out all day, thus making home runs easier to hit.