41.   The strike, coming less than a month after President Bush took office, did not appear to mark a departure from U.S. policy toward Iraq.

42.   The upturn marked a departure from the selling that has become routine in recent weeks.

43.   This marked a departure from previous refugee reports that Yugoslav authorities destroyed their passports and identity cards.

44.   This year marked a departure from the protracted fighting of the past.

45.   The two were due to meet Tuesday in Berlin ahead of farewell ceremonies to mark the departure of Russian troops from the city.

46.   No ceremony was held to mark the departure of the UN mission.

47.   Rutskoi also criticized the absence of any joint ceremonies by Russians and its World War II Western allies to mark the departure of their troops from Germany.

48.   The double vote marked a departure from regular Council practice.