41.   Selling hit major blue-chip stocks, which have been rallying recently.

42.   This year has not yet produced a major hit, but a string of new films have opened solidly, while holdovers from last year drew strong audiences.

43.   With Ford announcing another tire recall, analysts who follow the automaker said the company has taken a major hit, in confidence and prestige.

44.   British Prime Minister John Major hit a journalist who taunted him over budget documents leaked to the press earlier this week, the Daily Mirror reported Thursday.

45.   Western Samoa were -- quite literally -- the major hits of the last World Cup.

46.   Plasma displays for wall-hanging televisions seem to be a major hit at the show which opened here Thursday.