41.   The mayor, who had been told of the press release just moments before his daily briefing but after receiving the check, was visibly annoyed by it.

42.   The news prompted immediate protests from the Capitol Hill press corps, which has relied on some form of daily briefings by the speaker for nearly three decades.

43.   The six teams of bomb technicians get a daily briefing here, and this particular morning brought bad news.

44.   Thursday, as every weekday, the daily briefing from the State Department.

45.   When he is questioned beyond what he thinks is reasonable during his daily briefing, he will abruptly turn the topic to sports.

46.   White House officials gave Woolsey a cold shoulder, limiting his access to the president and discontinuing the daily briefings held in previous administrations.

47.   White House Press Secretary Michael McCurry declined to respond during his daily briefing.

48.   Williams said he has had daily briefings from his command staff on the investigation and that he has seen no evidence of misconduct by those involved in the investigation.

49.   With more channels showing his daily briefings live and complete, he is more often the public voice of the Bush administration.

50.   At daily briefings, authorities have said little about the way the call was handled except that procedure was followed.