41.   Party observers had predicted Grossman would have been a magnet for anti-Harshbarger Democrats.

42.   Shooting low numbers, going about the job as efficiently as observers had predicted.

43.   So in the Ring case, observers predicted he wouldvote against the Arizona system, and he did.

44.   Some observers are predicting a shakeout.

45.   Some observers predict that some of the billions of dollars now spent on Web site advertising soon could shift to the instant messaging platform.

46.   Some observers predict that the issue will become a major source of tension between GOP leaders at the state and federal level.

47.   Some national observers had predicted that the two Ivy League-educated patricians would engage in a high-minded race focusing on the issues.

48.   Some observers predict that these kinds of challenges will work themselves out eventually, leaving both workers and managers better able to deal with issues of mental disability.

49.   Some industry observers predict that traditional online services will drown in the wake of the ever-expanding Internet.

50.   That could change, however, if the contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush remains as close as many political observers have predicted.