41.   Ralph Hellmann, a top aide to Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert, told lawmakers they may think they know the perfect solutions to complex problems.

42.   So we sample diet pills and fad diets in an eternal search for the perfect solution.

43.   That would not be a perfect solution because Saddam presumably would still be in Baghdad, but his power for mischief would be diminished.

44.   The fact that there is no perfect solution cannot be used as a cover for doing nothing.

45.   The lawmakers, like the students, grappled with ways to stop violence while admitting there is no perfect solution.

46.   The llama is not a perfect solution, Ms. Weed said.

47.   The perfect solution.

48.   The perfect solution?

49.   The small turbine generator, or microturbine, based on the same technology as a jet engine, seems to be a perfect solution.

50.   The two say the GOP has come up with a plan they can live with, although it is not a perfect solution.