31.   Financial bankruptcy seems a distinct possibility.

32.   For there is a distinct possibility that steps toward openness and accountability will only create even greater pressure on the floodgates of popular discontent.

33.   For the first time, we were confronted with the distinct possibility that the entire world could be obliterated in a nuclear cloud that would descend without warning.

34.   Given the realities of antitrust regulation, such a deal is certainly a distinct possibility.

35.   Hall confirmed that was a distinct possibility.

36.   He could work for the Celtics in another capacity, which also is a distinct possibility.

37.   Her defeat is still a distinct possibility leading to a highly unpredictable government under Wahid, or success for Habibie.

38.   His absence for the opener against the Bears is a distinct possibility, Maurer said.

39.   If prices shoot up again, a distinct possibility if another refinery goes down, stations could soon begin cutting operating hours and laying off employees.