41.   Lawmakers began their drive to push the bill through after the bribery scandal erupted last week.

42.   Republicans in the Senate began a drive Thursday to enact a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution despite dire predictions from the Clinton administration of its impact.

43.   Several conservative Republicans, however, began a drive Wednesday in the opposite direction, circulating a letter asking Gingrich to drop his support.

44.   Stung, McCain began a drive to curtail political spending by special interest groups.

45.   The amount would be the largest single cash injection the rebels are believed to have received since they began their drive to oust President Mobutu Sese Seko last September.

46.   The effort mushroomed when WTVF television in Nashville, Tennessee, began a donation drive in middle Tennessee and Kentucky.

47.   The rebels began their drive last October and appear to have taken control of more than one third of Zaire since then.

48.   The tourism ministry said Monday it will begin a drive to promote eco-tourism in the Seychelles, now known primarily as a beach and scuba diving destination.

49.   He returned rested and began his drive toward the Open by winning his second Memorial crown.

50.   Iraq announced Saturday that it had begun a drive to repair its damaged helicopters.