41.   WorldCom is still hoping to avoid a bankruptcy filing, said someone close to the company.

42.   As his debts built up, he tried to avoid bankruptcy by transferring assets and valuables abroad.

43.   Asarco managers are not saying much, except that they hope to avoid bankruptcy.

44.   Bankruptcy was avoided through state injections of funds.

45.   Bank and company officials have said that KirchPayTV is trying to re-negotiate the rights deals to avoid bankruptcy.

46.   Cummings narrowly avoided bankruptcy a few years ago when a scheme to syndicate yearlings failed.

47.   Earlier this month, Lyngby FC was reduced to amateur status after it was forced to shed its professional players in an attempt to avoid bankruptcy.

48.   Finally, Tapie was forced to move out of his Paris residency in order to avoid bankruptcy.

49.   Fiorentina has been struggling this season after selling off star players Rui Costa and Francesco Toldo to avoid bankruptcy.

50.   Former Enron Corp. chairman and chief executive officer Kenneth Lay and his wife are struggling to avoid personal bankruptcy, his wife said Monday.