31.   Even the Chicago Cubs deserve some praise for their season because they had not been expected to contend the way they did.

32.   For making this possible, the Irish and British governments deserve high praise for political courage.

33.   For one thing, the county deserves praise for streamlining the front end of the process.

34.   For the million-plus women who face abortions every year, the Clinton administration and the Population Council deserve praise for sticking to their convictions.

35.   For that reason alone, Pataki deserves praise for submitting his budget for the next fiscal year more than one month ahead of schedule.

36.   For this IFOR deserves high praise.

37.   Fred Crupp, executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund, said Clinton deserved praise for his stance on global warming.

38.   For this modest step toward legislative sanity, the Republican freshmen deserve praise.

39.   Green deserves special praise for his long fight to clean up commercial carting.

40.   HBO deserves praise for attempting to adapt such a monumental book, and the entire production has the feel of good intentions.