31.   As I write, both the opposition and the forces of Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav president, are claiming victory, and votes are still being counted.

32.   As with most compromise agreements, both sides claimed victory Tuesday.

33.   Assemblyman Republican chief Jim Brulte said no victory could be claimed until all members of the Legislature were told of the issues.

34.   Backers of the Shays-Meehan bill say they are close to winning majority support for their package, but they refused to claim victory Tuesday night.

35.   Baryalai, in claiming victory, said the Taliban put up little resistance although they were still fighting on the outskirts of the city.

36.   Bennett Lebow and his fellow investor, Carl Icahn, have claimed victory in the first major offensive of their five-month battle with RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp.

37.   Behind the scenes, each side was quick to claim victory.

38.   Both Birmingham and House Speaker Thomas Finneran, who had long sought the rate cut, claimed victory Thursday at an afternoon news conference.

39.   Both anti-biotech activists and industry claimed victory from different parts of the report.

40.   Both Democrats and Republicans found enough to like about the New Jersey elections to claim victory on Wednesday.