41.   Bonds could take a hit, though, should the government move to buy preferred shares of troubled banks to shore up their capital.

42.   A few officials took the hit for getting caught quarterbacking the bribes, but everybody knows it permeated the Olympic movement.

43.   A guy who can take a hit and keep on chucking.

44.   A player who has not taken a hit on the field this season but has taken hits in his pride and character in nearly every way imaginable.

45.   Adam radiates delight when he takes a hit from the carefully saved stub of a Cuban cigar, since smoking has been banned in the future.

46.   Again, Graves set it up, by taking a hit from Hatcher, continuing to pursue the puck and passing backhanded from the left corner.

47.   All her shooting percentages took a hit.

48.   Also taking a hit were commercial banks that trade in the same markets.

49.   All this came after he took a hit from Packer tackle Santana Dotson in the first quarter and blacked out momentarily on the field.

50.   Both have problems of their own at the moment with players on the police blotter and are taking hits because of it.