41.   Democratic leaders are trying to capitalize on the fact that blacks and Hispanics vote overwhelmingly for Democratic candidates.

42.   Democratic leaders are trying to generate public opposition to proposals in the Republican-led Congress to reduce federal spending on a host of social programs.

43.   Democrats counter that Republican leaders have tried to stifle an authentic backlash to the excesses of the managed care industry, and will ultimately pay the price.

44.   Democratic leaders had tried to put this kind of spending dead last.

45.   During the ensuing yellow-flag period, the leaders tried various strategies.

46.   Even more striking, the disgraced civilian leaders have not tried to suspend their constitutions or legislatures and proclaim themselves dictators.

47.   European leaders will try to use the forthcoming Group of Eight summit meeting of industrialized nations in Genoa to persuade Bush to relax his opposition to Kyoto.

48.   Ethnic Albanian and Slav Macedonian leaders have desperately tried to tame the mutual animosity between the two groups, particularly by the Slav Macedonians.

49.   For days, American warplanes have pounded Kunduz as Northern Alliance leaders tried to convince Taliban leaders that their defense of the city was futile.

50.   For days, American warplanes have pounded the city as Northern Alliance leaders tried to convince Taliban leaders that their defense of the city was futile.