41.   All mergers should, given the historical record, be greeted with skepticism.

42.   But most scientists fear that the indifference of the early scientists and the subsequent paucity of historical records will mean that most bones will remain anonymous and unclaimed.

43.   But in the matter of told vs. totaled vs. tolled, the historical record is reasonably complete.

44.   But over the past year a number of scholars say he has seriously misused historical records and possibly fabricated them.

45.   But over the past year a number of scholars who have examined his sources say he has seriously misused historical records and possibly fabricated them.

46.   But no evidence of his existence could be found in any historical record, according to the Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins.

47.   But the historical record on that point is mixed.

48.   But the investigation being conducted by Kenneth W. Starr, a solicitor general in the Bush administration, has the greatest potential for another fight over the historical record.

49.   But the prospect of a historical record with holes in it was enough to bring the publishers some high-powered academic support.

50.   But the Virtual Collection is also meant to be a historical record of the AIDS era.