41.   After years of struggling, UPN finally saw a big increase in ratings this past year, thanks in large part to its Thursday night World Wrestling Federation program.

42.   Bush also proposed a big increase in Medicare payments to health maintenance organizations, in the hope that he could reverse their exodus from the program.

43.   But Clinton proposed a big increase for the Food and Drug Administration.

44.   But big increases in the use of e-mail by MSN subscribers slowed the system to a crawl this week, and MSN decided to perform the upgrade immediately.

45.   But businesses near the site say they have seen no big increases in sales, and tourism officials are convinced that the ground zero tourists represent an untapped market.

46.   But many economists fear that another big increase could slow the economy too much.

47.   But spokesmen for industries socked with big increases under the Postal Service plan questioned how accurately the service measures costs.

48.   But representatives of the elderly said it was unrealistic to expect a big increase in HMO enrollment as a result of the Republican bill.

49.   But representatives of the elderly say it is unrealistic to expect a big increase in HMO enrollment as result of this bill.

50.   But salaries continue to lag behind, and President Fernando Henrique Cardoso is now facing demands for big increases in the minimum wage and military pay.