51.   During construction, the couple lent a hand, becoming subcontractors, fabricating the rails, stairs, parts of a shower and other metal details.

52.   Donovan frequently lent a hand to aspiring journalists, and cultivated a crowd of fashion editors and designers as friends.

53.   Europeans ought to be better equipped to lend a hand.

54.   Fate lent a hand.

55.   For a while it looked as if Mother Nature would lend a hand in helping Jourdain earn the pole for the first time in his Champ Car career.

56.   Former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, who recruited Cook for numerous projects, said the executive was never too busy to lend a hand.

57.   Friends and neighbors in the industrial complex described Lajeunesse and Brannigan as quiet and always willing to lend a hand.

58.   He does not hesitate to lend a hand when needed.

59.   He is also planning to lend a hand to the bid of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani o f New York for U.S. Senate.

60.   He says America ought to lend a hand battling the AIDS epidemic crippling black Africa.