41.   His comments came as Secretary of State Colin Powell cast some doubt on assertions last week by a senior State Department official that Cuba was making such weapons.

42.   His comments came during a capital press conference marking the fifth anniversary of the law that gives Texans the right to carry concealed handguns.

43.   His comments came during a day of considerable progress in the trial.

44.   His comments come after Taliban leaders said they would neither release the two American aid workers currently imprisoned in Afghanistan nor turn over suspected terror mastermind Osama bin Laden.

45.   His comments Thursday came a day after the end of the trial on the lawsuit, which will determine the future of daily newspapers in San Francisco.

46.   His heated comments came as part of a panel at the annual convention of the National Cable Television Association, which runs here through Wednesday.

47.   His only comment came through a team official and one sentence said it all.

48.   Her comments came after Japan said yesterday that auto exports surged in the six months through June.

49.   Her comments came as she and fellow New York Democrat Charles Schumer assess the year in the Senate.