41.   It has nothing to do with a national energy crisis.

42.   It is shaped largely along the lines Bush proposed in his national energy plan in May.

43.   It needs a national energy policy.

44.   It walked right into the heart of the Bush administration and helped shape its national energy policy, even as consumer representatives and environmental advocates were largely frozen out.

45.   Last month, it announced a shifting in national energy policy to encourage the development of nuclear power over hydropower and thermal energy, the priorities until now.

46.   Leaders of the Russian nuclear establishment regard their plutonium as a national energy resource and are adamantly opposed to burying it as waste.

47.   Murkowski said he sought to balance the need for a national energy policy and the concerns of environmentalists.

48.   Murkowski said he sought to balance the need for a sound national energy policy and the concerns of environmental groups and conservationists.

49.   No politician has dared propose a national energy policy since former President Jimmy Carter lost his bid to serve a second term in the White House.

50.   Next week Bush is planning to release a national energy blueprint that is expected to call for more oil and gas drilling and the construction of new power plants.