51.   There is widespread speculation that Merrill may endorse Dole and perhaps seek an administration position.

52.   There is widespread speculation that Rumsfeld might order termination, cut the project back or prevent it from entering mass production.

53.   Therefore, there is widespread speculation here that any decision on NTT will be put off for a year, or until after parliamentary elections.

54.   There has been widespread speculation that Honeywell will sue GE for not doing its utmost to appease the Europeans.

55.   There has been widespread speculation that the hijackers, who negotiated in English and were armed with handguns, were seeking political asylum in Britain.

56.   There has been widespread speculation that the prosecution will rest in a week or two.

57.   There is also widespread speculation that he will announce a wholesale Cabinet reshuffle during the winter recess.

58.   There is widespread speculation that Djerejian might be tapped for a Middle East envoy position that Bush is considering creating to try to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

59.   There is widespread speculation that the Tupac Amaru rebels will seek large ransoms from Japanese and Malaysian companies whose employees are under their control.

60.   There was widespread speculation in Moscow Wednesday that the Communists may nominate Primakov.