41.   It looks as if truth -- by cliche and in practice the first casualty of war -- will be the winner for once.

42.   It was the first Israeli casualty since last August, and the Hezbollah guerrilla forces claimed responsibility.

43.   Last week, an old power, Christ the King, became the first casualty of the new constitution.

44.   Last week, it became the first casualty among the current generation of meta-media sites, as its one financial backer backed off.

45.   Long whitewashed from the history books, blacks played a significant role in the Revolutionary War, starting with Crispus Attucks, the first American casualty.

46.   More than one baseball executive feels Avila was the first casualty of what may be some conflicting objectives of Henry and Lucchino.

47.   Not surprisingly, the biggest drag in January was motor vehicles and other big-ticket items that typically are among the first casualties of rising interest rates.

48.   One month after the DOT broke the good news, the revolution claimed its first casualties.

49.   One of first casualties was the U.S. International University, a San Diego-based college that was already in serious financial difficulty at home when it opened here.

50.   One of the last of the red-hot liberals, Illinois Sen. Paul Simon, voluntarily became the first Democratic casualty of the conservative Republican congressional sweep this month.