41.   On Thursday, as it became clear that John McCain would not budge on having his wife lead the delegation, the negotiations trailed off.

42.   On Thursday, Joseph R. Biden Jr., the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is scheduled to lead another delegation here.

43.   Over the years he led delegations of mayors to cities all over the world.

44.   Roy Dunton, a former Steve Forbes supporter who is running for convention delegate, said he expects both McCain and Hull to push to lead the delegation.

45.   Sharon is accused of igniting the recent violence by leading a delegation to the compound Haram al Sharif, the most sacred Muslim site in Jerusalem.

46.   Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams led a delegation that met with Blair for about an hour.

47.   Swaziland usually has a guy in a grass skirt leading the delegation.

48.   Talbott is leading a delegation to Beijing this week to discuss, among other issues, Chinese anger that the United States could deploy such a system.

49.   Taliban Minister of Culture and Information Mullah Qudratullah Jamal and Minister of Finance Aqajan Motaseb led the delegation, supposedly arriving for a tour.