41.   The practice began in New York City and quickly spread to other cities around the country, Friedman said.

42.   The practice is just beginning to extend to the rank and file, but the die is cast.

43.   The practice began in mid-September and was discontinued last week.

44.   The practice began recently as a way for drug companies to increase sales of drugs that are under severe competitive pressure.

45.   The practice began with an innocent desire to record press conferences.

46.   The practice began, and UCLA coach Bob Toledo talked about his soon-departing star.

47.   The stands were filling as batting practice began.

48.   This mandate upset a former coach, Mickey Freeman, who resigned over the issue of naming his own assistants a week before practice began last season.

49.   Twenty minutes after practice began Tuesday, Cal State Northridge defensive end Patrick Cwik pulled himself out with a sore neck.

50.   Two weeks before two-a-day practices began in August, however, Cook said coaches told him that his NCAA entrance requirement evaluation had been misinterpreted.