41.   Still, Excite and Dow Jones face stiff challenges.

42.   That is a stiff challenge for foreign-born students weak in English.

43.   Texas will get a stiff challenge from maybe the best power rushing team in the nation.

44.   Tarplin and the Jackets figure to face a stiff challenge this weekend against Wake Forest and its pass-happy attack led by quarterback Brian Kuklick.

45.   The company faces stiff challenges in a highly competitive industry amid declines in its biggest product, cognac, in key markets, especially Asia, analysts said.

46.   The Dreyfus task of improving performance, adding products and marketing their funds more successfully adds up to a stiff challenge that Condron readily admits.

47.   The German pledge also comes less than three months before presidential elections in which Yeltsin faces a stiff challenge from opponents of reform.

48.   The incident underscored the stiff challenge posed by the rebels.

49.   The money is important in the face of stiff challenges expected from Republican candidates like Sens. Phil Gramm of Texas and Bob Dole of Kansas.

50.   The newcomers to the book-club business face a stiff challenge.