31.   Between anthrax and e-mail, the sending and receiving of letters on paper has become almost anachronistic.

32.   Bill bears the scarlet letter on his furrowed brow.

33.   A dreidel is a little wooden top with a Hebrew letter on each of its four sides.

34.   A group of conservative Republicans in the House was circulating a letter on Wednesday calling on the House leadership to draw up a balanced budget for next year.

35.   A letter on creamy store stationery summoned me to Madison Avenue.

36.   A number of established scholars have signed a letter on his behalf.

37.   A similar attitude prevails at The Burlington Free Press, which has carried several two-page spreads of letters on same-sex marriage.

38.   After months of partisan bickering, Clinton and House Speaker Dennis Hastert exchanged amiable letters on Wednesday, promising cooperation in hammering out a year-end tax relief package.

39.   Akashi made no statement about the meeting, which the diplomat requested in a letter on Thursday.

40.   But he has sent his children in America letters on tape.