41.   While Tagliabue was quick to praise the efforts of Selig, he said having a commissioner who is also a team owner presents its own set of problems.

42.   With tongue in cheek, Leno praised the efforts to give his show a new look.

43.   Readers praised the efforts of local reporters to go beyond the spoon-fed fare of the government-controlled Saudi Press Agency to get to the truth.

44.   Powell also has praised cease-fire efforts by Jordan and Egypt as potentially useful to his frustrated appeals to the parties and world leaders to cool passions.

45.   A top Interpol official on Thursday praised Lebanese efforts in combatting organized crime and drug trafficking, saying Lebanon was a safe country.

46.   An American envoy for Cyprus on Wednesday praised efforts by the United Nations to increase pressure for a settlement on the war-divided island.

47.   And he praised the efforts of Catholic youth groups for peace.

48.   Arafat praised Russian efforts toward settling the conflict and urged continued cooperation, it said, without elaborating.

49.   At his official residence, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto met the Japanese athletes and praised their efforts to join in sports despite their physical disabilities.

50.   But after she delivered a speech condemning human rights abuses common in China, he praised her effort.