41.   They are not on speaking terms.

42.   Things have grown so tense that these people are lashing out at one another, and in some cases not even on speaking terms anymore.

43.   This aging farm town has yet to meet the New Economy and is barely on speaking terms with the old one.

44.   Tipper Gore has never gotten over Monica Lewinsky, and is barely on speaking terms with President Clinton.

45.   Toward the end of his tenure as FBI director, Freeh regularly ignored Attorney General Janet Reno and was barely on speaking terms with President Bill Clinton.

46.   When in parliament, Bouchard was barely on speaking terms with the prime minister.

47.   Years after the breakup, the band members are not on speaking terms.

48.   Prime Minister Viktor Orban is not on speaking terms with Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky, so the state and city held separate commemorations.

49.   Administration officials recall all too anxiously the seven-month period earlier this year when the two sides were not on speaking terms.

50.   At least, says Jeffords, he and Lott are on speaking terms.