41.   The Dodgers came to Atlanta saying there was no need to make a statement against the top team in the league the past eight years.

42.   The Jordanian government had previously kept its distance from Hamas and tried to muzzle its statements against the Israel-Palestinian peace accord issued by the Amman office.

43.   The leaders, however, tend to be activists on social issues, thus the strong statements against the death penalty from national church bodies.

44.   The plaintiff in that case stood accused of several work-related misdeeds, including making false and defamatory statements against co-workers.

45.   The tone of Saudi statements against bin Laden have been noticeably measured, and since the American bombing started against Afghanistan, there has been virtual silence.

46.   The sting produced a sworn statement against Galkin from his old contact.

47.   They left it to Clinton to announce that they had agreed to make unequivocal public statements against the violence and to take concrete steps to end it.

48.   This past July, the American Veterinary Medical Association passed its first official policy statement against the operations, but, though groundbreaking, it was mild.

49.   They, as well as a variety of labor and nongovernmental leaders, signed a statement against including labor and environmental issues in trade treaties.

50.   Though the American Academy of Pediatrics has called for a ban on corporal punishment in schools, it has avoided a similar statement against parental spanking at home.