41.   In political matters, Mrs. Clinton has sometimes misread the public mood, but not for lack of thinking and planning.

42.   In the face of this public mood, advocates of a pure, unsentimental application of the law found themselves on the defensive.

43.   In the final weeks of the congressional session, members sensed the shift in public mood against them.

44.   In this view, anything from pop songs to magazine covers can affect the public mood, and therefore the market.

45.   In the U.S., even the majority of Democrats read the public mood against tax-and-spend and turned away from the stultifying excesses of income redistribution.

46.   It is not the first time communications technology has transformed the public mood.

47.   It will also be a test of the public mood before general elections for the lower chamber of Parliament, expected later this year or next spring.

48.   John Dean, Oliver North and Clarence Thomas were able to shape the public mood with their testimony.

49.   John Dean, Oliver North and Clarence Thomas, have been able to shape the public mood with their testimony.

50.   Like his friend, U.S. President Bill Clinton, Blair embodies a generational shift, and he seems to have a firm grasp of the public mood.