41.   South Korea towed the sub in an intensive military operation to make sure that there was no North Korean rescue attempt.

42.   The commission said the only official complaint it had received so far about the Sabena rescue attempt was from Ryanair.

43.   The cutting-edge rescue attempts have been the work of a team led by the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown and the National Marine Fisheries Service in Woods Hole.

44.   The crash was shown on live television, broadcast from a news helicopter covering the rescue attempt.

45.   The crash was broadcast from a news helicopter covering the rescue attempt on a clear and sunny day.

46.   The failed rescue attempt was a debacle when three of eight helicopters broke down and eight servicemen were killed in the operation.

47.   The government dropped repeated hints Thursday that it favors compromise rather than a tough line or rescue attempt that might endanger the hostages.

48.   The government prosecutor claims Andreotti then intervened with his underworld connections, countermanding the rescue attempt.

49.   The McIntyres were so firmly committed to the adventure that they left a written message in Australia forbidding a rescue attempt should they need it.

50.   The next rescue attempt may come midweek, but the dangerous infection the rope caused may worsen.