41.   Melancholy or boredom, one or the other, maybe both -- they describe my condition for the past year or so.

42.   No power of the presidency is more basic than describing current conditions to the public.

43.   No bodies had been sighted, but Radio Marti broadcasts to Cuba described conditions at sea every hour to discourage people from risking the crossing.

44.   Officials said he underwent emergency surgery Friday night, but they would not describe his condition.

45.   Other doctors, quoted anonymously in the local press, have described his condition as more critical.

46.   Q. Would you describe the conditions of your captivity as reasonably comfortable?

47.   Reichert and Schappler were rushed to hospitals in St. Joseph and Maryville, Mo., where the authorities described their condition as stable tonight.

48.   Specialists described his condition as coronary artery disease.

49.   Such conditions are described by their anatomical location, and they include abdominal ischemia or the transient ischemic attack that can signal a stroke.

50.   That might also help account for why refugees in China describe conditions that are so desperate.