41.   No party was expected to win a majority, meaning the top three finishers could spend days trying to form a coalition government.

42.   Reitsma grew up and resides in Calgary, Alberta, where his days of Babe Ruth baseball were often spent trying to stay warm.

43.   So chances are the winner will spend weeks trying to form a coalition with smaller opposition groups.

44.   The final week of the regular season will be spent trying to secure home-field advantage throughout the league playoffs.

45.   The former computer engineer smoked nervously as he recalled the nearly three months his anti-aircraft unit spent trying to protect Kragujevac from NATO aircraft.

46.   The infant spends hours trying to get her thumb into her mouth, often misjudging and stabbing her nose or forehead, until she eventually, contentedly, succeeds.

47.   The leaking ventilation valve was capped Tuesday after space station astronaut Jim Voss spent hours trying, unsuccessfully, to fix it.

48.   The leaking ventilation valve was capped Tuesday morning after space station astronaut Jim Voss spent hours trying, unsuccessfully, to fix it.

49.   The unemployed computer engineer smoked nervously as he recalled the nearly three months his antiaircraft unit spent trying to protect Kragujevac from NATO bombs.

50.   Gulf states hurt by the drop in oil prices in the last few years have cut spending to try narrow budget deficits.