51.   It turned out that Mike Schmidt, the Hall of Fame third baseman, had floated the idea long before any of us.

52.   It was Slovo, two years later, who first floated the idea of a unity government, including the defeated white rulers as junior partners.

53.   Ito has floated the idea of using opening arguments -- expected sometime in mid- to late-November -- as the cut-off date.

54.   Justice Mosk floated the idea of retirement and then waited until the last day to file papers seeking re-election.

55.   Lawmakers in Minnesota have floated the idea of using a cigarette tax increase to help pay for a new baseball stadium.

56.   League executives are resisting, and some have even floated the idea of starting their own television channel.

57.   Majority Whip Tom DeLay of Texas floated the idea of eschewing tax cuts last week and triggered a wave of promises by other Republican leaders to reduce taxes.

58.   Lori Miller, president of the Parent Teacher Organization at Herod Elementary in Houston, floated the idea of working at Astroworld at a recent PTO meeting.

59.   Minnaugh confirmed that he floated the idea of another date in a last-ditch attempt to get Bush to come.

60.   More likely, it will be a place where top investors and government officials can float ideas and cement personal relationships that can later be translated into action.