41.   If you leave it as is, you run the risk of water vapor getting in that space and rotting out the joists, a distinct possibility.

42.   If the transition is unstable and the economy falls apart, there is also the distinct possibility of another wave of raft migration.

43.   If he joins the disabled list, a distinct possibility, it would give the Dodgers one of the best starting rotations on the disabled list.

44.   If NTV falls under government control, which remains a distinct possibility, Russians will lose an invaluable source of information about their country and the world outside.

45.   If the Clinton administration is looking for a pretext to invade Haiti -- a distinct possibility -- it has just been handed a dandy one.

46.   Indeed, surgery to repair the torn flexor muscle in his right elbow is a distinct possibility.

47.   It is also a distinct possibility, they say, that special operations forces would be used to target specific terrorist camps and leaders.

48.   It may be a distinct possibility, thanks to yet another miracle of modern technology.

49.   It may not be a distinct possibility.

50.   It was one of many ways the two superpowers learned to temper and manage their military competition during the tense decades when nuclear war was a distinct possibility.