41.   The team from China took first prize, and South Korea placed fourth.

42.   The top prize was taken by Ziegenbock, the widely available, nondescript lager from Anheuser-Busch.

43.   This one takes the prize for gratuitous cruelty.

44.   This recipe, which took second prize in the Castroville Artichoke Festival Recipe Cookoff, was submitted by Lucille Chimenti Basso of San Jose, Calif.

45.   Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., the domed stadium that is the home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, may take the prize for electronic distractions.

46.   We take these prizes seriously, both for their own sake, and because we know that new knowledge is the root of economic growth.

47.   When it comes to small-scale demonstrations, the Federalist Alliance of China took the prize last Friday.

48.   While film is subject to strict censorship, China has produced several acclaimed directors whose movies take top prizes in international competitions.

49.   Witchcraft and gang rape may seem strange subjects for school theater, but the play took first prize in a regional contest.

50.   Pippi Longstocking took first prize the next year.