41.   Columbia Energy, Coastal Corp. of Houston and Sonat have figured in recent speculation as potential takeover targets in the natural gas industry.

42.   Communities are sending in lists of potential terrorist targets.

43.   Conner, hurt by industry price cuts and the high costs, has been considered a potential takeover target, with IBM and Samsung rumored as suitors.

44.   Despite his silence, the names of certain agencies, such as the National Science Foundation or the Interior Department, have been quietly floated as potential targets.

45.   Deutsche Bank has already seen one potential German target get away.

46.   Earlier this month, the American media disclosed that a Pentagon review of its nuclear policy identified North Korea as a potential target for a nuclear attack.

47.   Elite Marine reconnaissance patrols armed with anti-tank weaponry are moving farther afield in the desert looking for potential targets, Marine officers said Tuesday.

48.   Even before the United States unleashed its airstrikes, Bush had made clear that the mullah was a potential target.

49.   Even before the United States unleashed its airstrikes, President Bush had made it clear that the mullah was a potential target.

50.   Ebner already has two other potential targets.