41.   Had it been a wedding, the couple said they might have had to conform to certain conventions, like obligatory invitations.

42.   He was told to go ahead with his business, the couple said.

43.   Included in the appeal were charges of First Amendment violations stemming from the retaliation the couple said they suffered after Caryn Suhr complained in a letter to Block.

44.   In the Mellon lawsuit, the Virginia couple said the settlement terms were too favorable to the mortgage company and the lawyers, without providing enough for Mellon customers.

45.   It is doubtful, the couple says, that their daughter will learn such values here.

46.   John Gottman achieves these rates of prediction not by listening to what couples are saying, but by analyzing their body language and facial expressions.

47.   Many couples said a patient, loving partner was responsible for their enduring marriage.

48.   MBNA organized a conference call, the couple said, involving them and representatives of the bank and Household International, a consumer credit company.

49.   No date has been set for the wedding, but the couple said it would take place sometime next year.

50.   No other place outside the Outback allows such hands-on interaction with the animals, the couple says.