41.   Cummings and Blount, a journeyman forward acquired from Phoenix last spring, both likely would have been cut before the season opener.

42.   Disappointed investors sent stocks tumbling Wednesday on remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan that suggested an interest rate cut before its next meeting is unlikely.

43.   German couples who wish to marry may soon have less red tape to cut before tying the knot.

44.   He was cut just before the start of the season.

45.   He was cut before the season.

46.   However, the strong consumer confidence numbers may have weakened the chances for an interim rate cut before the next Fed meeting in mid-May.

47.   In Australia, expectations that the central bank also would cut interest rates before the end of the month spurred stock buying.

48.   Left-wing David Berty instigated the second, cutting inside before finding Castaignede who raced unchallenged along the left touch-line.

49.   Steven Frankel, managing director of the Boston-based investment bank Adams Harkness and Hill, said the company should have cut costs before dropping prices.

50.   South Korea is also anxious to reconnect a cross-border railway that was cut shortly before the Korean War.