41.   Trail Blazers president and general manager Bob Whitsitt said that in a phone conversation with Pippen, the player downplayed reports that he wanted to go to the Lakers.

42.   Zetsche also downplayed reports that DaimlerChrysler is gearing up for a possible defense of a hostile takeover bid.

43.   He downplayed reports that Netanyahu had emerged as the winner of the two-day summit in Washington.

44.   In Washington, the Pentagon said Thursday that the colonel were probably lost in a blizzard, downplaying reports they had been kidnapped by a Shiite Moslem group.

45.   Blair downplayed reports that the US military could be in for the long haul in the Philippines.

46.   But in Washington the Pentagon continually downplayed the reports saying they thought the colonel and his son were probably lost in a blizzard.

47.   But in Washington the Pentagon had continually downplayed the reports saying they thought the colonel and his son were probably lost in a blizzard.

48.   But the State Department downplayed reports of a rift between the Americans and the Europeans over permanently lifting sanctions against federal Yugoslavia, comprised of Serbia and Montenegro.

49.   Christopher also downplayed reports that Netanyahu had emerged as the winner of the two-day summit in Washington.

50.   Dostam also downplayed reports of any friction between him and Mohammed Qassim Fahim, the Afghan defense minister.