41.   Without an approved budget, the law requires the government to operate in the first quarter by extrapolating revenue and spending trends from the fourth quarter of this year.

42.   Eastern Europe follows a different trend from the west.

43.   Voting trends from most constituencies spread over the populous northern Indian heartland, where the Congress is expected to fare poorly, were unavailable.

44.   Prices on Wall Street opened lower Monday, continuing their downward trend from Friday in the absence of new economic indicators.

45.   Solid official trends from the official ballot count, however, were not expected until early Wednesday morning.