41.   NATO officials described the meeting as an opportunity to insure stability and a commitment to democracy in a region historically marked by great-power rivalry and ethnic tensions.

42.   On Thursday, Ashcroft described a meeting in Oklahoma City earlier this week with some of the survivors and relatives.

43.   On Thursday, Ashcroft described a meeting in Oklahoma City this week with some of the survivors and relatives.

44.   Other players also described the meeting as harmonious.

45.   One executive described the meeting as unusually contentious.

46.   She described meeting twice last summer with Ms. Lewinsky, who implored her for a White House job, according to lawyers familiar with her testimony.

47.   Several Democrats described the meeting as a pep rally filled with emotion, through which Mrs. Clinton kept her calm.

48.   Shapiro, who has been president of NBC News for only six months, described the meetings as routine get-acquainted sessions.

49.   Speaking with reporters later, Lynch described the meeting as a pep rally and predicted that the four officers on trial would be vindicated by the jury.

50.   Taylor described a meeting with Symington at the time in which the governor said he hoped to avoid bankruptcy.