41.   A Democratic senator called on lawmakers to call the heads of the seven largest U.S. tobacco companies back to testify before Congress.

42.   A Democratic senator who insisted on anonymity said most of his colleagues had been inclined to give Daschle the benefit of the doubt.

43.   A federal investigation nearly led to the indictment of Charles Robb, the last Democratic senator from Virginia before Warner.

44.   A news agency article on his assertion circulated at the weekly luncheon for Democratic senators.

45.   A popular Democratic senator and a popular Republican governor remained in office.

46.   A number of Democratic senators said later that they were prepared to give Torricelli the benefit of the doubt.

47.   A number of Democratic senators, including Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, urged Whitman and the incoming administration of President-elect George W. Bush to uphold that rule.

48.   A stenographer paid by the Democratic National Committee later showed his report to Arthur P. Gorman, a Democratic senator from Maryland.

49.   A week ago, Democratic senators were pooh-poohing the investigation as partisan poking-around.

50.   Across the country, liberal Democratic senators were facing defeat after campaigns in which they had been accused of being soft on communism.