41.   Jolie agreed to meet with director Michael Cristofer, but after he offered her the part, she stalled for two weeks.

42.   Kennedy was the main force pushing the patients-rights bill through the Senate last month after it had been stalled for nearly five years.

43.   Legislation to overhaul campaign finance and lobbying rules has been stalled for years on Capitol Hill.

44.   Mainly, he wants to stall for time, at least to put off a decision until after the fall election.

45.   Mobutu, whose speech was given on the rear terrace of the presidential bungalow, pledged to pursue a transition toward democracy that has been stalled for six years.

46.   Moreover, it is too early to say if the gun makers are negotiating in good faith or merely stalling for time.

47.   More women are becoming doctors than ever before, but their progress to the top ranks of academic medicine has been stalled for years.

48.   Negotiations had stalled for two days but general manager Don Waddell phoned agent Steve Kotlowitz in L.A. on Thursday night after arriving in Orlando.

49.   Negotiations with the state have been stalled for several weeks.

50.   NATO officials said the Serbs were simply stalling for time.