41.   And the plots are lugubrious and slow, even when they try to be lurid.

42.   And the plot is set on its course toward vigorous dance and warmed-over schmaltz.

43.   And the plot is just too thin.

44.   And the plot is deliberately and wildly artificial.

45.   And, despite a few twists, the plot is more or less formula.

46.   As for the Doris Duke case, the plot is even thicker.

47.   As for a conspiracy, Rice denied there was any plot involving his firm and a Mississippi firm to take an unfair share of fees in the Florida settlement.

48.   As fans of the series know, that exact plot was the focus of the show last Sunday night.

49.   As in the games, the plot is a throwaway that seems to have been written on a cocktail napkin during a coffee break.

50.   As in the United States, families in Britain tend to move around, so family burial plots are often left untended and, ultimately, forgotten.