31.   Neither Buchanan nor Forbes has a prayer of defeating Bush.

32.   Now he carries with him a small yellow card that on one side has a prayer by Mother Teresa.

33.   Novak could spend hours dropping names of those who never escaped Wilkes-Barre or Allentown, including a handful who were tainted by collegiate scandal and never had a prayer.

34.   Only someone as unorthodox as Ashton would have a prayer of unraveling the entire story.

35.   Only when Brown left the game for fellow Cy Young Award candidate Trevor Hoffman after the eighth did the Astros have a prayer.

36.   Perhaps the hottest guest of all was a California lawyer who two months ago had no prayer of being invited.

37.   Some public schools in Arkansas do have organized prayer sessions, which almost certainly would be declared illegal if challenged in court, she said.

38.   Students seeking election as graduation speakers were allowed to outline their topic, and some campaigned to have prayer at graduation.

39.   The families of those involved also have our prayers.

40.   The House moved closer on Monday to voting on a bill that would allow school districts statewide to have a prayer at commencement exercises and voluntary student assemblies.