41.   The ball arrived just as receiver Ike Hilliard was coming out of his break.

42.   The advance came ahead of a speech by Bank of Canada Gov. Gordon Thiessen, who may signal the timing of the next increase in interest rates.

43.   The disbursement to South Korea, being considered by the IMF executive board today, would come ahead of schedule.

44.   The fire follows recent explosions at refineries in Britain and the Caribbean and comes ahead of a weekly report on inventories.

45.   The inflation report comes ahead of a spate of economic data.

46.   The latest trade skirmish between Washington and Beijing comes ahead of a visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher next week.

47.   The move comes ahead of a plan to sell another tranche of Telecom shares to Singaporeans later this year.

48.   The question came up of preventing slippage while gluing.

49.   The report comes ahead of a London conference on Nazi gold this week.

50.   The proposal comes ahead of a U.N. conference in Mexico next week on international aid.