31.   The decision marks the first time since the Three Mile Island accident that a utility was not permitted to recoup the operating expenses of a nuclear power plant.

32.   The decision marks the second major account loss for Riney in five weeks, coming after the agency was dismissed by the Saturn division of General Motors.

33.   Cook and Vedrine said the Albanian decision marked a major step forward.

34.   Even though the decision marks the biggest U.S. trade loss ever at the WTO, no immediate impact is expected on U.S. companies or the economy.

35.   If it does, the decision would mark a new era in the quest for artificial skin.

36.   Lobbyists for religious freedoms in Israel said the decision marked a great step forward in limiting the powers of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel.

37.   The director of Le Journal, Aboubakr Jamai, said the decision marked a return to the past.

38.   The court decision also marked a David-over-Goliath victory.

39.   The decision marked the end of a bitter political battle with China that left the Taiwanese feeling humiliated and angry.

40.   The decision marked the first time the EU put a date on its eastward enlargement.