41.   Kavan is expected to brief the Slovenes on his talks with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, whose government assumed the EU presidency this month.

42.   Meanwhile, Powell and Rice said the U.S. government assumes that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is still alive.

43.   Northerners, led by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, advanced the idea that the federal government should assume the debt accumulated by individual states to fight the Revolutionary War.

44.   The bank must be declared insolvent before the government can legally assume control of its operations.

45.   The company claims that in taking over the investments, the governments also assumed all payment liabilities.

46.   The government would assume the costs of treating those whose incomes were below the poverty line, he said.

47.   The government assumed the losses and guaranteed deposits, putting a heavy burden on the federal budget.

48.   The government would assume more responsibility at underground coal mines under proposed new rules aimed at reducing black-lung disease.

49.   The government would assume the costs of covering those whose incomes are below the poverty line, he said.

50.   The government would assume the costs of treating those whose incomes are below the poverty line, he said.