31.   Two others who did not appear headed toward post-season play were earlier fired.

32.   Until last year, the two sides seemed headed toward a pragmatic understanding.

33.   With his spiked, receding hair and bloated, neckless head, he looked headed toward the Mickey Rooney zone of aging badly.

34.   A former Communist appeared headed toward a runoff for the presidency according to preliminary election results released Monday that also showed the governing party losing control of parliament.

35.   But the excursion failed to ease tensions, making peace talks seem headed toward failure.

36.   But the Serbs still refuse the deal, and the peace talks appear headed toward collapse.

37.   Finance Minister Laurent Fabius said the French economy was not growing as fast as originally expected but it did not look headed toward recession.

38.   Former President Itamar Franco, who broke with Cardoso during the campaign, seemed headed toward victory in powerful Minas Gerais state.

39.   From all vantage points, the nation seems headed toward an Estrada administration.

40.   Hard-line Jewish settlers and Israeli peace activists also appeared headed toward an Independence Day confrontation.