41.   A host of investors are confident about the future, even though the past two years have been the most rewarding in a generation.

42.   A stronger economy can bring higher prices as more people find jobs and consumers feel more confident about making purchases.

43.   A year later, the Jones family is still together, and Ms. Jones said she was confident about her new skills as a parent.

44.   Abramson said she was not confident about the case.

45.   Again, Williams is confident about her chances there and boasted she could win.

46.   Bret Rhine said the contract allows him to feel more confident about his future.

47.   Burnham said, though, that he was confident about Datek, partly because of the management changes.

48.   But analysts remain confident about economic fundamentals.

49.   But as they become more confident about an upturn, they hire new people.

50.   But backers of the bill sounded very confident about the ban on soft money.