41.   Americans are heading to Europe in record numbers.

42.   Analysts said the airlines offset rising fuel costs by keeping operating costs in check and attracting record numbers of passengers.

43.   An example is Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., which had a record number of applicants for the fourth straight year.

44.   And entrepreneurs are visiting a government loan agency in record numbers.

45.   Analysts are predicting near record numbers of new houses to go up during the next several years.

46.   Analysts said that they had expected the bank to show significant losses in the wake of a record number of bankruptcies in Austria last year.

47.   Analysts said GM had earned high profits because buyers were snapping up record numbers of new models from all auto makers.

48.   And five openly gay Democrats are running for Congress this year, a record number.

49.   And earlier this year, the university reported that despite a record number of students applying for undergraduate admission, the numbers of minority applicants had fallen.

50.   And even Boston University, which has cut recruiting to reduce the size of incoming freshman classes, continues to get record numbers of applications.