31. And there was the day when he had to pretend to get caught in the teeth of a zipper. 32. He marries her, in the teeth of her mother's opposition, and struggles to support her by becoming a journalist. 33. The governor has accused the Democrats of proposing unrealistic spending increases in the teeth of a national economic downturn. 34. In 2009, the county approved a 1, 000-unit development in South Maui in the teeth of the financial crisis. 35. The pardoned person can refuse, but the merciful deed is done " in the teeth of his will ." 36. Daylight leaked through numerous missing boards on its sides, like gaping holes in the teeth of an old man. 37. Konemets?is not the first electronic music event in Finland that is in the teeth of the power agencies. 38. He found that in the teeth of rats fed a cariogenic diet the flow of dentinal fluid was markedly reduced. 39. Rates of attrition, caries, and abscesses in the teeth of the human remains gave an idea of their dietary habits. 40. His love and loyalty " in the teeth of circumstance, opinion, prudent self-interest, in the teeth even of Emma herself,"