101.   State Sen. Tom Hayden, D-Los Angeles, has introduced a bill to require a third conviction be a violent or serious felony.

102.   That conviction is for a misdemeanor offense, but it is serious because it involves misconduct in office by an elected official.

103.   The bill also provides for life sentences for criminals convicted of a third violent felony or drug offense if the third conviction is a federal crime.

104.   The conviction is largely a subjective decision.

105.   The conviction is strong enough that the bombers move in crowded places among Israelis without exhibiting any anxiety that might expose them, experts say.

106.   The convictions is, however, growing among US officials that Russia will face a long guerrilla war in the republic.

107.   The conviction is also the first to be issued by an international war crimes tribunal since the trials conducted in Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II.

108.   The conviction was the first verdict in a series of court cases faced by Berlusconi and his associates on charges including bribery and illegal slush funds.

109.   The convictions are unlikely to conclude the scandal, which has led banks to revamp procedures to stem chronic corruption.

110.   The convictions were a mixed blessing.