41.   Zvonimir Arsic, the assistant manager of Belgrade Airport, pointed out that as the deadline approached, five foreign airlines resumed flights to Belgrade.

42.   Yet, as the deadline approaches, the normally chatty Sanders wanted no part of the speculation that surrounds his plans.

43.   Air Canada and its flight attendants continued negotiations Wednesday, with no progress to report, as a midnight strike deadline approached that could ground the airline.

44.   Air Canada presented its flight attendants with a revised contract offer Wednesday as a midnight strike deadline approached that could ground the airline.

45.   And as the deadline approached, many American chief executives were said to be conferring with the American negotiators.

46.   As that deadline approaches, it appears more likely that Houston instead will be promised a team.

47.   As the deadline approached, demonstrators tried to face down security cordons, and police beat and arrested young protesters Monday.

48.   As the deadline approached, U.N. commanders in Bosnia signaled the Serbs had sufficiently complied and an immediate resumption of the bombing campaign was not necessary.

49.   As the Monday night deadline approached, wives and girlfriends of the hostages sat in a heavily guarded bungalow in northern India, reading and pacing the floor.

50.   As the deadline approached, all three sides increased their troop movement and improved cooperation in an attempt to comply, Haselock said.