41.   Carrie Doyle, NCAA director of eligibility, could not be reached for comment yesterday because the NCAA offices were closed for the Labor Day holiday.

42.   Carpenter is closing sales offices in Rochester, New York, and Indianapolis, converting them to satellite centers for warehousing and distribution.

43.   Cheryl G. was laid off when her company closed her office late last year, Cheryl G. and she began gambling online.

44.   Closing the office, Erxleben indicated, has fueled confusion, concern and rumors about himself and the company that he said are untrue.

45.   City Hall and the state Capitol were open, but most federal offices were closed, as were the federal and county courthouses.

46.   Comment could not be obtained from the U.S. Department of Commerce because offices were closed due to the heavy snow in Washington.

47.   Delta employees have started a letter-writing campaign to city officials, asking them to help keep Delta from closing its offices at Los Angeles International Airport.

48.   Dow closed some offices but did not halt production of chemicals last week.

49.   EarthWeb, which has its headquarters in New York City, said it would close its offices in Boston, San Francisco and Boulder, Colo.

50.   Either of the mergers on the table would cut costs by closing competing offices and firing employees.