41.   He believes his parents bought it before his birth, Pribyl said.

42.   However, they did not publicly declare their intent to buy before gaining possession, thus eliminating the fair competition of offers from other interested buyers.

43.   In Bedford, Mike E. Reynolds was working in the furniture store he bought before the war.

44.   On a street corner, dozens of women lined up with plastic bags to buy flour before the price went up.

45.   Riders with tickets bought before Sunday may continue to use them, the port authority said.

46.   Skeptics worry that FARC may just be buying time before an all-out drive to take power, and some critics say Pastrana is simply naive.

47.   Tokyo stocks closed higher Thursday on a wave of buying shortly before the end of trading, shrugging off morning losses.

48.   In a short sale the broker sells the securities without owning them, in anticipation of buying them before delivery at a lower price.

49.   If one of the companies had bought the shares a day before the other, only the voting rights of the laggard would have been frozen.

50.   Wilson told AFP the court had effectively decided that the three men had been denied due process in the manner in which they had been bought before the assembly.