41.   Other segments are significantly more mundane.

42.   Resistance arose among officials, because the segment was to be set during the Cultural Revolution, a period the government would rather not dwell on.

43.   Segments were longer.

44.   Since the segment is to be spontaneous and unscripted, almost nothing has been left to chance.

45.   Shorter segments are available.

46.   Sprinkled through the show are black and white segments in which Lily and Rick talk about themselves, as if being interviewed.

47.   Sure, there is a segment of the population that really likes that kind of shopping.

48.   Tape worm segments are small and white, about the size of a grain of rice.

49.   Tepid sales figures released Thursday may explain why the off-price retail segment may be ripe for consolidation.

50.   That new segment is what the Japanese call recreational vehicles, a category that includes minivans, sport-utility vehicles and station wagons.