51.   The merger also will have to pass antitrust muster with the Justice Department and with the European Commission.

52.   The merger had the support of the state attorney general, Dennis Vacco, after he received assurances that it would provide lower costs to health-care consumers.

53.   The merger still has to be approved by the U.S. and South African authorities.

54.   The merger would have no impact, he said, on the news operation.

55.   The proposed merger will have substantial anticompetitive effects in military programs that require the application of stealth technology.

56.   The proposed merger still has to be approved in a proxy vote this Thursday by investors in American Premier.

57.   Tuesday, the merger still had a pulse, but just barely.

58.   Well, what he learned was that the merger had nothing to do with money and power.

59.   What impact would such a merger have on BellSouth, which in two years has gone from being the largest Baby Bell to the second smallest.

60.   What impact would the merger have on them?