41.   The slim margins in Florida and in the popular vote tallies underline how evenly Americans are divided over political questions.

42.   The slim margins of victory have handicappers searching for tiny variables that could beat him Saturday.

43.   The slim margin for passage in the House could not override a presidential veto.

44.   Those prices have prompted Cinergy to delay its expansion plans and concentrate on electricity trading, even with its risks and slim margins, Rogers said.

45.   Those same slim margins make it highly unlikely that either the House or the Senate could override a presidential veto of spending bills this fall.

46.   Those prices have prompted Cinergy to hold off on its expansion plans and to concentrate on electricity trading despite its risks and slim margins, said Rogers.

47.   Two years later, Michigan voters ratified, by a slim margin, three downtown Detroit casinos.

48.   USC coach John Robinson certainly knows the real score, regardless of the slim margin that eventually separated the teams.

49.   Voters who favor abortion rights may worry about the slim margin on the court and what will happen when some justices retire and future abortion cases arise.

50.   When it climbed past Florida State to the top spot last week, Nebraska had slim margins and in the AP poll had fewer first-place votes.