31.   Reps. John Baldacci and Tom Allen supported a Democratic initiative today asking Newt Gingrich to step aside as House speaker.

32.   Rich stepped aside as trustee this February.

33.   Smyth, who held both management and financial control of the company, agreed to step aside as the audit committee completes its study.

34.   The case broke open this year after Rhone-Poulenc stepped forward as part of the plea agreement with the Justice Department.

35.   The resulting controversy prompted Boyd Gaming President Chuck Ruthe to step aside as a corporate officer and director because of lingering questions about his ties to Griffin.

36.   The stock recovered some of its losses when NBC stepped forward as a partner in the venture.

37.   This led to Fehr suggesting that Usery should step aside as mediator.

38.   When Ewing was forced to step back as he played through pain last season, Houston and Sprewell took on the nightly load.

39.   White House counsel Abner Mikva resigned Tuesday, becoming the third presidential lawyer to step aside as President Clinton continues to grapple with personal legal problems.

40.   Wide receiver Andy McCullough, the leading receiver in NFL Europe, is beginning to learn the system and step forward as the projected fourth receiver.