41.   Cifarelli, a garlic farmer, has come to New York for the fifth straight year with two friends from the same little Canadian town to sell Christmas trees.

42.   Casey, a Scranton native in only his fifth year of elective experience, is trying to hold down the pro-Rendell vote in Philadelphia.

43.   Committee members told the superintendent they would not extend her contract for an optional fifth year while meeting in executive session following a regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday night.

44.   Clubs also would have the right to match an offer from other clubs after the fifth year.

45.   Coach Ernie Kent, in his fifth year as coach of his alma mater, has the Ducks running with a distinct purpose.

46.   Coleman missed the final nine games because of knee surgery, allowing him to return for his fifth year.

47.   Corporate and executives and shareholders can thank an economic expansion that is in its fifth year for the gains.

48.   Crime rates have declined for the fifth consecutive year.

49.   Dafoe is in his fifth year of professional hockey and is desperate to establish some roots.

50.   Declining long-term interest rates are one reason the U.S. economic expansion, now in its fifth year, continues to surge forward, he said.