51.   For the most part, they operate without incident.

52.   For the next two days, Baiyev ran a one-man emergency room, operating without an anesthesiologist.

53.   For the time being, the investment banking unit will operate without a CEO.

54.   Gaston Silva, the buildings commissioner, called on the City Council to grant his agency increased power to close manufacturers that operate without proper city permits.

55.   Gill said he felt uncomfortable operating without financial guidelines.

56.   He did not preclude the possibility of operating without an agreement over the short term.

57.   He also sharply criticized the Palestine National Council as an amorphous body whose very size remains unclear and which operates without clearly posted procedures or rules of debate.

58.   He operated without a permit, long the norm for entomologists collecting in Mexico.

59.   He operated without a press flack, actually took calls himself and -- wonder of wonders -- allowed his staff to speak freely with reporters.

60.   He said there had been no security guard at the entrance, as required by law, but the police said the club had been operating without permits.