41.   He said some people miss the mark by viewing him simplistically.

42.   He said state spending and payroll has gone up while education suffered and tax cuts missed the mark.

43.   His fastball danced, his changeup never missed its mark, and his curveball broke sharply.

44.   His jokes have a tendency to miss their mark, leaving his audiences tittering rather than guffawing.

45.   His unique style can be totally thrilling, or it can completely miss the mark . . . and often does both in the same piece.

46.   I have been engaged in a skirmish with a latter-day Zeus, though his thunderbolts have thus far missed their mark.

47.   If advertisers miss the mark, movie theater managers have the last word on which ads actually make it to the big screen.

48.   If not, the esteemed czar of trivia has missed the mark.

49.   If President Clinton was out to get Dallas businessman Harold C. Simmons Monday, he may have missed the mark.

50.   If the aim was to add a contemporary commentary on the blood feud between the Capulets and the Montagues, this version misses its mark.