41.   By Sunday afternoon, however, after an army of city workers had scraped and swept with a vengeance, the streets became passable.

42.   Cathy DelliCarpini, an agency spokeswoman, said that city workers had checked the piping there last spring and found no flaws.

43.   Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley used galleries packed with city workers to drown out the song.

44.   City outreach workers went to the camp Tuesday afternoon to warn the people living there of the impending sweep.

45.   City workers spend less time changing lightbulbs, and there is less danger of the bulbs burning out, leaving an intersection dark.

46.   City officials also agreed to a two-year moratorium on using contractors for city services, when doing so might result in demotions or layoffs of city workers.

47.   City workers finished repairing the fire-damaged tin ceiling of the sanctuary only three weeks ago, Nadel said.

48.   City workers handed out towels so the audience could wipe dirt off their seats.

49.   City workers have been induced to leave the payroll by generous severance programs, he noted, and much of the benefit reductions have been passed on to retirees.

50.   City workers have filled most of them with a mixture of concrete, dirt and sand.