41.   A month ago, a deadline for a decision passed with no announcement, other than a statement that the nuns and brothers would continue their retreat.

42.   A Russian-Estonian agreement allows residents of Ivangorod and Narva to pass with ease through border checkpoints and over the bridge that crosses the river.

43.   A sizeable minority of postal workers and AMI employees stopped taking the antibiotics after several weeks had passed with no new cases among their ranks.

44.   A smaller group also meant much better hands for the Knicks, who passed with precision and ran the floor without a misstep.

45.   According to Buckley, that day passed with no cancellation from Kerry.

46.   After passing muster with Fidelity chairman Edward C. Johnson III, Meisner was offered the high-paying job.

47.   After resisting a House bill to revamp the agency, he abruptly shifted course last summer when it became clear that the bill would pass with overwhelming Democratic support.

48.   After passing muster with a couple of list-toting doorkeepers, you enter the landmark six-story Greenwich Village town house.

49.   After Proposition R passed with overwhelming voter support, supervisors questioned why the port continued to negotiate with the company.

50.   All can pass with flair.