41.   Also helping bonds was speculation among traders that Congress and the Clinton Administration were getting closer to a budget agreement that might include a tax cut on capital gains.

42.   Already, the department raises beef cattle and hogs, selling the good cuts on the open market and buying cheaper cuts for inmates to eat.

43.   Although the additive cuts down on smog, officials said it has caused widespread water pollution.

44.   Aluminum oxide is a synthetic that is hard and sharp, cuts well on all surfaces -- wood, metal and plastic -- and lasts longer than natural abrasives.

45.   Analysts have said stronger demand for mobile phones and pagers was helping offset the effect of the rate cuts on earnings.

46.   Analysts said the impact of the tariff cuts on steel manufacturing companies might be minimal.

47.   And Shaheen of Andersen Consulting cut back on his travel sharply when he was left widowed with two children earlier in his career.

48.   Another clue consists of two saw cuts on a skull found several hundred feet from the other remains.

49.   And Touch Gold ran with a cut on his leg that he had sustained in the Preakness.

50.   Apple is set to announce price cuts on Saturday on many models in its Performa consumer line of Macintoshes, and analysts say that will be only the start.