51.   Daschle said he asked administration officials for the president to enter the fray after Daschle and Lott clashed on the Senate floor last Friday.

52.   Despite the obstacles, when players with the size and seriousness of Microsoft and NBC enter the fray, competitors get nervous.

53.   Either way, other companies could enter the fray, too.

54.   Environmentalists also entered the fray.

55.   Even Chris Patten, the last British governor here, entered the fray.

56.   Even Governor George W. Bush has entered the fray, filing a brief to the Supreme Court in support of the Santa Fe policy.

57.   Everyone seems to agree that such theatrical trends were upstaging fashion to a point where customers would rather abstain than enter the fray.

58.   Faced with the need to invest billions of dollars over many years, few companies would be willing to enter the fray.

59.   Feeling better, he enters the fray again as the market begins to swing before closing.

60.   Expected to enter the fray is Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.