41.   Recent history suggests that sooner or later public pressure will build, and the committee will be forced to put the investigation into the hands of an outside counsel.

42.   Republicans on the committee are opposed to hiring an outside counsel or conducting their own investigation of Gingrich.

43.   She has reviewed some of the same underlying facts for nearly two years, each time refusing to refer the case to an outside counsel.

44.   Should Ms. Reno ultimately refer the matter to an outside counsel, it would symbolically bring the Whitewater investigation full circle.

45.   Some cities suing the gun industry have decided to use their own lawyers, rather than outside counsel.

46.   Staples said its own investigation, performed by an outside counsel, found that Hanaka violated company policy by engaging in a non-business relationship with a subordinate.

47.   Staples said its own probe, performed by an outside counsel, found that Hanaka violated had engaged in a non-business relationship with a subordinate.

48.   Texaco and its outside counsel declined to comment.

49.   Still, it is unclear how much authority would be granted to an outside counsel.

50.   That is not usually the case with charges brought by outside counsels.