41.   Initial tests, restricted to air vents on the first floor, showed no signs of spores.

42.   Initial human tests of the bandage will probably be with surgical patients undergoing operations, like prostate gland removal, that normally result in heavy bleeding.

43.   Initial tests for anthrax in the Times incident are negative, as were tests of the letter to NBC.

44.   Initial tests indicated that both women had contracted the West Nile virus.

45.   Initial tests show that this vaccine works as well as conventional vaccines, Grubman says.

46.   Initial tests showed that the substance was not anthrax.

47.   Initial tests suggest that a nearby aquifer is the principal source of the water.

48.   Iowa is slated to hold the first presidential caucus next year and is considered a major initial test for a candidate.

49.   Initial test audiences turned in negative preview cards, and critics like Judith Crist panned it.