41.   And like Johnson, Nixon spent his last months in office under siege.

42.   And Japanese factory output fell in May for the second month in a row.

43.   And much of the story of the next several months in Washington will be how the Republicans manage their differences, and whether they manage to get beyond them.

44.   And in fact, since the Cannes Festival, he has spent some months in his country home outside Warsaw.

45.   And the Gap Inc., the retailer that could do no wrong for well over a year, reported flat sales Thursday for the second month in a row.

46.   And it declined for the third straight month in a row in December surveys conducted by the Conference Board, a private research group in New York.

47.   And the National Association of Realtors said U.S. home resales fell for the fourth consecutive month in January as consumers appeared unmoved by low mortgage rates.

48.   And semiconductor stocks fell after a trade group said new orders fell for the second month in a row in April.

49.   And so in his first months in office, succeeding Henry Cisneros, Cuomo has undertaken a rather public campaign to demonstrate his dedication to purpose.

50.   And so May was the busiest month in the short history of public ownership of Internet companies.