41.   New York and New Jersey both pledged major contributions to the effort to acquire the land, and now nothing appears to stand in the way.

42.   New York Gov. George Pataki immediately took steps to see whether the state could instead acquire the land for public use.

43.   New York state has been acquiring land in the rugged north country of the Adirondacks for more than a century.

44.   Property agents had to acquire the land.

45.   Residents, convinced that the productivity of the fields was not the real issue, say they asked about acquiring the land so they could farm it themselves.

46.   Rumors have swirled in Christian County in recent months as Kelley acquired land from several local owners without discussing his plans for the land.

47.   She needs permits from the Department of Environmental Conservation to begin acquiring land around the reservoirs.

48.   So far, it has been delayed by difficulty acquiring the land.

49.   Stracener worries, however, that the cost of acquiring land and moving the building would be too much.

50.   The city also would acquire land across the street from the facility through eminent domain.