91.   Ralston is not expected back before this weekend, and did not have a comment on Wednesday, his office said.

92.   Questioning of the potential jurors is scheduled to begin next week, with little formal court action expected before then.

93.   Sales of PCs during the crucial holiday season were at least as strong as had been expected before the ordeal started.

94.   Schering had said, though, that it expected approval before the end of the year.

95.   Significant official results were not expected before Monday.

96.   She said no decision is expected before the end of the year.

97.   Significant officials results were not expected before Monday.

98.   Some resolution of the investigation against Caremark is expected before July, when the one case already filed by investigators goes to trial in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.

99.   Such a decision is not expected before April, police said.

100.   Surveys suggest that women like Ms. Chevalier have by no means shunned the World Cup, as expected before the tournament started.