31.   Prosecutors faced a deadline of this week to seek the reduction.

32.   Scientists seeking potentially revolutionary breakthroughs in medicine through research with fetal stem cells face a deadline Thursday to apply for funding from the National Institutes of Health.

33.   Several other major New York hospitals are facing contract deadlines with the hospitals corporation.

34.   Six others, all Republicans, facing similar deadlines are sticking to their promise.

35.   Teams faced a deadline of midnight yesterday to re-sign players or allow them to become free agents after the season.

36.   That policy is now coming under increased scrutiny and faces a deadline soon.

37.   The automaker met with United Auto Workers negotiators at two plants that face strike deadlines tomorrow evening.

38.   The administration faced a deadline of Tuesday for a decision on the wetlands rule.

39.   The administration is facing deadlines that could force decisions on other environmental issues.

40.   The department had faced a deadline of Wednesday to drop the restrictions or explain why they were still in place.