41.   Iran began its quest to be admitted to the global trade body six years ago, but its application was formally considered for the first time this year.

42.   Late the next day, ImClone announced that the FDA had declined to consider its application for approval of its cancer drug, Erbitux.

43.   Many Eastern European countries hoped that the European Union would consider their applications jointly and admit them together in a kind of giant political marriage.

44.   NATO leaders have said they would consider additional applications next year, and more than a dozen other nations are seeking to be included.

45.   The act creates a special court composed of seven federal judges, meeting in secret, that considers applications from the Justice Department and intelligence agencies.

46.   The application is being considered by the federal Patent and Trademark Office.

47.   The Caribbean leaders will also consider an application from the British Virgin Islands for full membership into Caricom.

48.   The Immigration and Naturalization Service, which faces a persistent backlog in citizenship requests, said Thursday it now takes immigrants just one year to have their applications considered.

49.   The OCC is currently considering the application.

50.   The town government must make a formal application before any individual applications are considered.