41.   The two most influential figures in Southern California basketball are holding court at their favorite Chatsworth breakfast house.

42.   This constant tinkering is a clue to what has made Parcells the influential figure he is.

43.   Zaeef is an influential figure in the Taliban because Pakistan is one of only three countries that recognizes the Taliban government.

44.   Papon was an influential figure in postwar France.

45.   Papon was an influential political figure in postwar France.

46.   A police investigation had recommended his indictment for appointing as attorney general someone who was going to go easy on three influential political figures facing charges of criminal misconduct.

47.   An influential figure within his ultra-Orthodox community, Shach has on more than one occasion sparked uproar by insulting other social and ethnic groups.

48.   And on Thursday, he ousted three more influential hard-line Kremlin figures.

49.   Basayev and military chief Aslan Maskhadov are considered the two most influential figures in the separatist movement.

50.   Basayev and military chief Aslan Maskhadov are considered the two most influential figures in the rebel movement.