41.   It is the old economy seeking opportunities in the new.

42.   Its gain versus the mark helped the dollar by spurring traders to seek additional opportunities to sell the German currency.

43.   Mabel left four-month-old Ruth in the care of grandparents while she went to seek opportunity in California.

44.   Most here are pessimistic, barring an infusion of Jewish immigrants fleeing oppression or seeking economic opportunities.

45.   Now that the doorsteps of American venture capital firms are littered with dot-com failures, many of those firms are seeking opportunities abroad.

46.   On one reservation the monthly stipend is so large that the tribe is having a hard time convincing its young to seek the opportunities of a higher education.

47.   Over the past several decades, the church has sought opportunities to team up with other faiths in humanitarian efforts.

48.   Primarily, historians say, the Christians of the Holy Land are leaving a war-torn region to seek economic opportunity.

49.   Roel Pieper, who took over as president and chief executive of Tandem in January, said in a telephone interview that he had been seeking opportunities for growth.

50.   Rather, friends said, he was seeking opportunity.