41.   It surely seemed like a grand and frivolous atmosphere that the lords of baseball have brought to these waning days of August.

42.   Its voice is that of a precocious observer of the waning days of the Scottish Enlightenment.

43.   Kane MARYLAND -- XXXX MASSACHUSETTS -- FEC. Challengers in Massachusetts House races continue to raise big bucks in the waning days before the election.

44.   Kelly served as a special assistant to the secretary of commerce in the waning days of the Eisenhower administration.

45.   Lines stretched to the back of the store at midday Wednesday as customers scooped up what they could find in the waning days of the shopping season.

46.   Mobutu is widely believed to have been strongly encouraged by Washington, acting through the Central Intelligence Agency in the waning days of the Eisenhower administration.

47.   Members said it was very unlikely anything would happen in the waning days of this session of Congress.

48.   Part of the reason may be that older Americans want to spend their waning days at home rather than in a nursing home.

49.   Passage of the gay-rights amendment in the waning days of a Republican-controlled Congress would be a stunning victory for homosexuals.

50.   President-elect George W. Bush may want to pin any future recession on this slowdown in the waning days of the Clinton presidency.