41.   He had a golden opportunity with the CFL but he jumped ship on us.

42.   He is the third chancellor in the nine-campus public university to jump ship since the Board of Regents scrapped affirmative action programs last summer.

43.   He said the prekindergarten program had its highest enrollment ever the year it charged tuition, suggesting that parents asked to pay in the future would not jump ship.

44.   Holmgren could bolster a Hall of Fame lineup of head coaches in the AFC if he jumps ship, giving it four coaches who have won five Super Bowls.

45.   I certainly would not counsel long-time holders of Nicholas to jump ship.

46.   Hostile deals rarely work in the technology sector, investment bankers and lawyers say, because the main capital is people who can easily jump ship.

47.   If Jeffords jumps ship today, those echoes will be coming from the Senate majority leader.

48.   In addition to jumping ship, the rider plans to sue Cofidis.

49.   Increasingly, the biggest decision is whether to stay with a Medigap policy or jump ship and take the HMO route.

50.   Indeed, even academic economists, who give free trade lobbies their intellectual imprimatur, are threatening to jump ship if Clinton compromises.