41.   Both parties are struggling to deal with an entirely new brand of politics, in which the deficit is no longer a factor.

42.   A deficit in serotonin is why some depressed patients require Prozac.

43.   A Chinese government researcher said the December deficit was a one-month blip.

44.   A nine-stroke deficit is not insurmountable on a demanding course where scores can change suddenly.

45.   A smaller deficit is good for bonds because it means the government will borrow less, making existing securities more attractive to investors.

46.   A structural deficit is a gap between regular yearly costs, like salaries, and reliably recurring revenues, like taxes.

47.   According to some theories, the Japanese and Chinese deficits are all of a piece.

48.   According to this reasoning, the trade deficit is simply a trivial side effect.

49.   Administration officials have said the deficit was largely inevitable given the business downturn and unanticipated spending for anti-terrorism efforts.

50.   Added to that, however, will be the deficits of regional governments and the social security administration.