41.   Rubin remains without a victory against Graf after four meetings and has yet to take more than four games from her in a match.

42.   Since his departure, the county remains without any black patrol deputy.

43.   Tens of thousands of customers remained without electricity from Pensacola, Fla., to New Orleans.

44.   The city remained without electricity, water and gas, and its food stocks were dwindling.

45.   The educational odyssey of Lamar Odom, a former high school basketball all-American who remains without a team, may have taken its final turn Friday.

46.   The Jets remain without a holdover defensive tackle.

47.   The Jets remain without locker-room leadership to rally around, and that is because their best players have been unavailable or are unsuited to the role.

48.   The prosecutors Bradley once worked for have since sent him to the Manhattan Correctional Center, where he remains without bail.

49.   The Rangers also remain without Juan Gonzalez, who is on the disabled list with a torn ligament in his left thumb and is not expected back until May.

50.   The result, some medical experts estimate, is that half of all surgical operations and other medical procedures remain without strict scientific evidence of their efficacy and safety.