91.   Simpson asked the judge for permission to address the jury just before defense lawyers make their opening statement.

92.   The attorney representing the studios asked the judge for time to prove the connection between the software and its use.

93.   The Russians asked the judge how much she earned.

94.   The soldier, who is detained, asked a judge for asylum but was turned down.

95.   The states decided Thursday to ask the judge to give them until the middle of next week to review the settlement.

96.   Time Warner Inc., then parent company of Warner Bros., asked a judge to dismiss the case, saying it had the right to make the movie.

97.   Walters took the unusual step of asking the judge if the jury could make a statement.

98.   What Gansler cannot do is ask the judge to put Tyson in jail.

99.   With the jurors absent from the courtroom, prosecutor Hank Goldberg asked the judge to allow the testimony.

100.   He faxed the court from Amsterdam asking judges to put the trial off to a later date.