41.   The emerging picture of the thousands facing the deadline is a portrait of paradoxes that defies easy characterization.

42.   The Legislature is facing a deadline on the matter.

43.   The Nordiques, meanwhile, face a deadline today to decide whether they will accept a government proposal aimed at keeping the team in the provincial capital.

44.   The semiconductor issue is just one of several trade disputes between the U.S. and Japan facing summer deadlines for reaching agreement.

45.   The semiconductor issue is just one of several trade disputes between the U.S. which face summer deadlines for reaching agreements.

46.   The Vatican faces no deadline for action, according to the Archdiocese of Boston.

47.   They face a deadline of midnight Friday to apply for residency under two laws designed to give legal status to illegal immigrants from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti.

48.   Those who clamored for rigid reforms are betting that the remainder of people left to face the deadline are the chronically dependent who have no motivation to work.

49.   Today was the last day of trading for the November contract, meaning that holders faced a deadline to liquidate their position or take delivery.

50.   Two rival bidders facing same deadline of this afternoon.