51.   And the fax component of a multifunction machine usually is slower than a regular fax machine.

52.   Any political operation of any importance today is online with a vengeance, and e-mail has become the baseline conveyance that the telephone and the fax machine once were.

53.   Armed with fax machines, newsletters and a mastery of niggling legal nuances, they are forcing elected officials to pay closer attention to them.

54.   Archer was home with his family in Texas, Rubin was in New York and only their fax machines seemed busily at work.

55.   Answering machines, computers, fax machines and photocopiers all can be used for the grandparenting cause across miles.

56.   As coordinator, Ms. Sacchi does not operate out of an office filled with banks of telephones, fax machines and computers plugged into the Internet.

57.   As anyone who has used an old fax machine knows, thermal images are prone to fading.

58.   As it is, fax machines, e-mail, and modems have changed forever the way we send and receive information.

59.   As of midafternoon Wednesday, the Fleet Street fax machine was idle, but the Bruins expect Reich will forward a proposal any hour now.

60.   As companies seek to boost efficiency and cut costs, sales of fax machines, computers and cellular phones will rise, analysts say.