41.   Present were a number of senior figures from the trade commuity.

42.   Privately, senior church figures admire McAleese because she is the only popular public official in Ireland who speaks openly about her faith.

43.   Senior figures inevitably cite the conflict with Israel as the guiding limitation.

44.   Sure, every week some senior Israeli political figure denounces Netanyahu as a liar and manipulator.

45.   That Ramey finds himself a respected senior figure in opera is still sometimes surprising to him, for as a young man he never conceived of an operatic career.

46.   The Europeans need to come up with some fresh ideas soon, lest senior figures in the Russian establishment lose confidence in Putin.

47.   The most senior figure, former Interior Minister Jose Barrionuevo, remains under indictment.

48.   These and other changes greatly upset some senior figures at the museum.

49.   This warning followed similar statements relayed to administration officials by John W. Lewis, a Stanford University political scientist who meets frequently with senior Chinese military figures here.

50.   This time, the UNSCOM team will be accompanied to so-called sensitive sites by senior U.N. figures.