41.   Gladys Knight and Robert Guillaume served as hosts of the event, where a Living Legend award was presented to Colin Powell, the retired general.

42.   George W. Bush collected endorsements from retired generals and war heroes Thursday.

43.   Gingrich again said he likely would not run if Colin Powell seeks the presidency as a Republican, but he sounded less reverential about the retired general.

44.   He is a retired general in the Air Force, not the Army.

45.   He is likely to be Anthony C. Zinni, a retired Marine general whom Powell brought into the State Department in October as a consultant.

46.   Human rights groups celebrated last month when a retired general, Rito Alejo del Rio, was arrested.

47.   In addition to his plea for children, the Pennsylvania native also offered a counterbalance to another retired black general relatively new to partisan politics, Colin Powell.

48.   In a separate effort in June, a group of religious leaders and retired generals and admirals issued a statement calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

49.   In its campaign for ratification, the administration rounded up prominent figures such as retired generals Colin L. Powell and Norman Schwartzkopf.

50.   In frustration, Seattle and Washington turned to retired generals.