41.   The crash involving the Blue Angels occurred as the team prepared for a show at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Ga.

42.   The competition will grow more intense as the teams prepare for a final conference in March.

43.   The response team is preparing a warning that will be distributed over the Internet to government, university and corporate network administrators.

44.   The team then prepared a variety of mixtures of these substances to see which blend worked best.

45.   The team is now preparing for follow-up voyages, led by Tidwell, president of Au Holdings of Centreville, Va., his research company.

46.   The security team is also preparing for something out of Robert Ludlum.

47.   There were huge speakers on either side of the practice field Wednesday, as the team prepared for anticipated crowd noise.

48.   There were no conclusive answers then or the morning after, as the team prepared for the flight to California.

49.   Time and again there were mental mistakes, with Parcells left to state each Monday that the team had prepared for what the opposition had thrown at them.

50.   Wayne Gretzky stayed on ice for the entire workout as his national team prepared to play the United States in the championship round of the World Cup of Hockey.