41.   Investors continued their pattern of selling high-tech companies whose outlook for future earnings was poor.

42.   It continued a pattern for a pitcher who never loses in October.

43.   Maria Butyrskaya, Russian champion five of the past six years, continued her pattern of struggling in international competition.

44.   Serbs, continuing their pattern of U.N. harassment, wounded four U.N. peacekeepers from Bangladesh and shut down key U.N. functions in Bosnia by blocking fuel and aid shipments.

45.   Serbs bused out tens of thousands of Muslim women, children and old men after capturing Srebrenica, continuing their pattern of expelling non-Serbs from areas they conquer.

46.   The anticlimactic afternoon continued a pattern of misfortune for the Lipton final.

47.   The early goals continued a pattern of first-half woes for Nigeria.

48.   Yzerman continued his pattern of big performances in Edmonton.

49.   Housing Minister Brian Howe said the fall in housing finance continued a pattern of decline in the housing sector which was in line with industry and government forecasts.

50.   Instead, Jones elected to continue a pattern of defenses against mandatory challengers.