31.   Bertie Ahern, the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland, arrived in Belfast Monday seeking to spur progress toward disarmament.

32.   Berry is at a loss to explain the nexus of her loudmouth, scattershot attempts at agitation and substantive progress toward racial equality.

33.   A follow-up meeting in West Germany made no progress toward a larger accord.

34.   A hasty bilateral British-American open-skies deal is no way to make progress toward it.

35.   A large area of showers in the Bay of Campeche showed signs of development Friday and a pair of disturbances in the eastern Atlantic made progress toward the northwest.

36.   A week of intense talks at a Washington hotel failed to produce any progress toward an agreement.

37.   Brown even mixed in a few curveballs and continues to make progress toward his opening-day start.

38.   Bullock said he sees no progress toward a property tax reform consensus.

39.   Bush also said he would consider meeting with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat if he is serious about making progress toward peace in the Middle East.

40.   But after three weeks of debate, the Senate has made little progress toward approving a comprehensive energy bill.