41.   Next weekend promises a field day for learning from experts from around the country, most extolling the virtues of the small garden.

42.   North Koreans fired back with high-decibel odes extolling the virtues of collective farming.

43.   Not everyone can go sorting through a cardboard box while cleaning house and turn up an authentic Thomas Jefferson note extolling the virtues of religious liberty.

44.   No matter how safe flying is, extolling the virtues of air travel after a tragedy is considered inappropriate.

45.   Nursery catalogues still sell crown vetch, extolling its virtues as an easy-care cover for hard-to-mow places.

46.   Personal giftwrapping services are extolling the virtues of gluttony, offering wrapping in real dollar bills.

47.   Realistically, federal regulators will be more serious than Congress in protecting kids from more public messages that extoll the virtues of booze.

48.   President Bush extolled the virtues of American workers and farmers on Monday as he campaigned in the Midwest, not for candidates but for free trade and tax relief.

49.   Sometimes it pays to monitor your favorite stocks on days that management is extolling their virtues to the Street.

50.   Summoning the wealth of polemical skills available to an adolescent, I extolled the virtues of live trees.