41.   Before heading to Tennessee from Florida, Dole for the first time called himself the likely GOP candidate to face off with Clinton.

42.   Bombardier was widely believed to be the most likely candidate to buy Fokker, given its track record for saving plane builders from the brink of collapse.

43.   Both Modano and Turgeon can and have played wing, but Modano is the more likely candidate to slide over into the wing spot.

44.   Bombardier is the most likely candidate to rescue Fokker, analysts said.

45.   A likely candidate is the Hungarian-born financier George Soros.

46.   A likely candidate would be mustered, blamed and forced to confess.

47.   A more likely candidate for September reportedly is Quartey, whom De La Hoya outpointed in February.

48.   A likely candidate is progesterone, Wood said.

49.   A more likely candidate for removal in the short term is the Elwha Dam on the Olympic Peninsula.

50.   A spokesman for Vice President Al Gore, the likely Democratic presidential candidate, said that Gore had no comment on the ruling.