41.   A majority of Democrats and close minority of Republicans joined ranks to pass the measure.

42.   A spate of small Connecticut banks were acquired in recent months, leading investors to think that First Federal could join their ranks, analysts said.

43.   A year later, he joined the ranks of ownership, buying a piece of the Chicago American Giants.

44.   ABC would have been one of the first national advertisers to join their ranks.

45.   Born in Moscow, Lidova joined the ranks of Russian emigres in Paris as a child with her family.

46.   Bush, joining the ranks of presidential chefs, carved a turkey for the troops.

47.   But as multiple computers become commonplace in American households, millions of ordinary, middle-class families soon might join their ranks as home network users.

48.   But before more people join the ranks of the wireless masses, the devices need to become more reliable.

49.   But before you join the ranks of outsourced professionals, Rochwarger Vered suggests that you have enough money to live on for at least six months.

50.   But Ha Jin will not be joining the ranks of expatriate Chinese who have written memoirs about growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution.