41.   Balladur had resisted giving out the information concerning his financial links to GSI ever since reports came out last week that he had been receiving a large consulting fee.

42.   Defense lawyers say it was a legal consulting fee.

43.   Former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur lost his bid for the presidency last spring after questions arose over heft consulting fees he had received while a member of Parliament.

44.   Former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur lost his bid for the presidency last spring after questions arose over hefty consulting fees he had received while a member of Parliament.

45.   He lashed out at reports about the consulting fee, saying his political foes were trying to imply that a perfectly legal payment was somehow improper.

46.   If the Games lose money, Welch would get nothing but the consulting fees, Jardine said.

47.   Instead, they based their case against him on three backdated documents that Strauss-Kahn produced during the course of the investigation to justify his consulting fees.

48.   Last spring, former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur lost his bid for the presidency after questions arose over hefty consulting fees he had received while a member of Parliament.

49.   Now pulling down three-figure consulting fees, Maple has personally taken his formula to crime-weary cities like New Orleans, Philadelphia and Baltimore.

50.   She also earned consulting fees from Blank Rome, a law firm, for expert testimony.