41.   A decision in the case is expected by the end of September, lawyers for both sides said after the hearing in Washington.

42.   A GM spokesman said just after midnight that the two sides were continuing discussions, but no other details were available.

43.   A good pitch, Hershiser said after the game.

44.   A Republican close to the campaign said after the speech that this concern was the reason the candidate had not declared his position more forthrightly.

45.   A neighbor, nurse Karen Neal, said after the murders, Routier showed emotions typical of any grieving mother.

46.   A senior U.N. official said after the meeting that Annan had been asked how long sanctions might continue in Iraq, a question the administration has tried to avoid.

47.   A spokesman for Fox Television said after the game Sunday that the repeated showing of the ads was not the fault of the network.

48.   A sullen and almost whispering Marino had little to say after what, conceivably, could have been his last game at Giants Stadium.

49.   A spokesman for Computer Associates said after the call that he did not know whether those were the requests referred to by Kumar.

50.   Abortion opponents said after the vote that they had successfully painted Clinton as the extremist on this issue.