41.   Both Dole and Forbes spoke by phone to the Arizona Republicans.

42.   Bruton and the British prime minister, John Major, spoke by telephone for about a half-hour Sunday, according to their aides.

43.   Buschkoetter, speaking by phone from the busy kitchen of his home last night, updated the family fortunes since the filming concluded.

44.   Bush also spoke by phone with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and South Africa President Thabo Mbeki.

45.   Bush also spoke by telephone Friday with Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, thanking them for their support.

46.   Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone for almost an hour on Saturday.

47.   But a senior government official said Microsoft had been unwilling to make significant concessions until the last moments, when lawyers for the two sides spoke by phone.

48.   But Rep. Willou Smith said she spoke by telephone with Quayle last weekend and promised to help him if he throws his hat in the Georgia ring.

49.   But Medicare remains an issue, although Steuerle, who spoke by telephone, sees it as a declining one.

50.   But speaking by telephone from Tempe, Ariz., he urged Mexico to be more aggressive in sharing information with the public about it.