51.   The report comes ahead of a spate of economic data.

52.   The Singapore Telecom share sale also comes ahead of anticipated competition for investor money in telecom stocks.

53.   The sale comes ahead of the move to full competition among Australian power distributors next year.

54.   The trade tensions come ahead of a planned summit meeting in May between President Vladimir Putin and Bush.

55.   The share offerings come ahead of a nationwide program to sell telecommunication assets.

56.   The urging comes ahead of a meeting in Hong Kong on Saturday of financial leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.

57.   They came out of it worrying about strong-side linebacker Randall Godfrey.

58.   Throughout TV history, making money always came ahead of art, let alone public service.

59.   Yet a life-size portrait does come through of two greater-than-life figures who seem to have been created for each other and for dire times.

60.   A senior White House official later confirmed that Washington expected a cease-fire to come ahead of a troop withdrawal.