41.   But the key maneuver came about three-quarters of the way into that first leg.

42.   Drummond ran a solid first leg and handed the baton smoothly to Harden.

43.   Even as the latest anthrax alarm was felt around the Capitol, President Bush was flying to California, the first leg of his trip to China.

44.   Even before he took wing to Morocco on the first leg of his journey, Powell started to reduce expectations.

45.   Firestone was on the road back to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and there were no blowouts on the first leg of the trip.

46.   Five Turks have been arrested in connection with the murders of two Leeds supporters outside an Istanbul night club on the eve of the first leg.

47.   Fred Pranger, a veteran driver for Crystal, drove the first leg of the trip and is expected to be named in a suit, the lawyers said.

48.   From the day Clinton landed in Ghana, on the first leg of his visit, the value of good will was obvious.

49.   Goaltender John Blue was summoned from Providence to join the team for the first leg of the trip.

50.   Gore arrived in Japan yesterday on the first leg of a week-long visit to Asia.