31.   Herran was appointed commissioner of the drug agency last month despite his apparent lack of experience in the anti-narcotics struggle.

32.   Houston coach Rudy Tomjanovich said he was crestfallen to read the remarks by Hakeem Olajuwon over the apparent lack of respect shown by the Rockets last summer.

33.   I asked several more times about the apparent lack of evidence against Lacresha.

34.   In the life of a beginning reader, parents who show disappointment at an apparent lack of progress can derail the real progress a child is making.

35.   Insulted by his apparent lack of interest in her, she agrees to marry the swaggering Belcore that very evening.

36.   Investors may have been encouraged by the apparent lack of any major surprises in the report.

37.   Investigators say they were hampered by the apparent lack of witnesses or substantial physical evidence.

38.   Just as inevitable are the questions parents raise about an apparent lack of morals among youth.

39.   Jamie Kim, a Korean-American girl who was elected class president despite her racist remarks and apparent lack of preparation for the job.

40.   --Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy rejected the Saudi peace plan and threatened to withdraw from the Arab League over its apparent lack of support for his own peace initiative.