41.   Other presidents have on rare occasions issued pardons without a formal request and before sentencing, and sometimes even before a trial.

42.   Senate Republicans also made a formal request Wednesday night for Clinton to testify voluntarily at the trial, which the White House has rejected.

43.   Some Republicans have said they hope that President Clinton and Vice President Gore will answer questions in some format, but no formal requests have been made.

44.   State transportation officials, who have yet to receive a formal request from Pelham about the bridge, said they were unsure what their response would be.

45.   Taiwan is expected to make a formal request to enter negotiations on price, specifications and delivery dates.

46.   The answer such a formal request turns up may finally break the public silence that has been golden to the Weld administration for the past seven years.

47.   The Bush administration would like to extradite him, but it has not made a formal request.

48.   The Cambodian government sent a formal request to Secretary General Kofi Annan on Saturday asking for a Cambodia tribunal sponsored by the United Nations.

49.   The charges were filed in October, but not confirmed until Monday after a formal request by the Post-Intelligencer.

50.   The company will file a formal request to shut down following the inspection.