41.   Surveys were already taken in some hard-to-reach mountain villages in the Caucasus highlands in September.

42.   The couple now works nine months out of the year taking demographic surveys from visitors at Silver Dollar City and other properties owned by the theme park.

43.   The latest survey was taken shortly after the earthquake, which knocked out production facilities in the Kobe region, home to many steel, shipbuilding and electronics enterprises.

44.   The new survey was taken after two of the toughest weeks the stock market has seen in recent years.

45.   The newspaper did not say when it began taking its survey.

46.   The survey was taken by IFOP pollsters for the Liberation newspaper and France Info radio.

47.   The survey was taken in late January.

48.   But another hostage, who runs a local polling firm, took a survey of the captives on the treatment they have received from the rebels.

49.   The Hanoch Smith survey was taken before Israeli air raids against Hezbollah guerrilla bases in Lebanon on Thursday.