41.   NATO downplayed the possibility Tuesday that ethnic Albanian insurgents would launch new attacks this spring in Macedonia, arguing that so far the rebels were honoring a peace deal.

42.   NATO downplayed the possibility Tuesday that ethnic Albanian insurgents would launch new attacks this spring in Macedonia, arguing that the rebels were thus far honoring a peace deal.

43.   Police Col. Chanin Preechanarnm, deputy commander of the public affairs division at the Police Special Branch, downplayed the possibility of violence despite the increased precautions.

44.   Republicans quickly downplayed those possibilities.

45.   Rose downplayed the possibility that peacekeepers could become human shields if all-out war erupts and NATO and the UN are dragged in.

46.   The report of the disease was front-page news in Jakarta, the capital, but the Health Department downplayed the possibility of an epidemic.

47.   They downplayed the possibility that Cheney would need more extensive treatment.

48.   Typically, Yzerman downplayed the possibility of winning the award on Monday, noting that goaltender Chris Osgood and defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom were also good candidates.

49.   U.S. and Colombian authorities Friday downplayed the possibility that Wellstone and U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson, who accompanied the Minnesota Democrat, were the intended targets of the bomb.

50.   Yavlinsky said earlier in the week he was ready to discuss a coalition with Yeltsin, but downplayed the possibility Friday.