51.   Among those whose careers were ended, five days after the president took office last month, are two colonels linked to killings involving American citizens.

52.   An agreement would represent the first tangible progress in the Middle East peace process since Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition government took office in June.

53.   An obvious possibility would be Afghanistan, whose provisional, pro-Western government took office three weeks ago.

54.   Analysts point out that Chavez remains incredibly popular six months after taking office.

55.   And he will take office after some of the most acrimonious partisan fighting of recent years.

56.   Analysts said the government faces its biggest political test since President Rafael Caldera took office three years ago because of the threat of labor unrest.

57.   And it is far from clear what kind of economy the new leaders taking office will inherit.

58.   And judging by the spelling errors in those electronic reactions, the administration that takes office next year needs to beef up education spending.

59.   And he takes office with a potentially fractious legislature.

60.   And once a president from his own party took office, Helms did a flip-flop that was both transparent and unstatesmanlike.