41.   One by one, top military commanders declared their opposition to the government.

42.   One day after a top military commander announced a halt to artillery and air strikes in Chechnya, the Kremlin said Monday that the attacks would continue.

43.   Officials say the top military commanders will welcome him.

44.   One thing that is clear about Ms. Liu, a daughter of the one-time top Chinese military commander, is that she wields considerable clout in her country.

45.   Ortiz said he was present on three occasions when bribes were made to a top commander in the Mexican Federal Police.

46.   Police officials said this week that the mayor had recently rejected the proposed demotion of the top commander in the Bronx, a widely popular Cuban-American.

47.   Reflecting the disorganization among the anti-Taliban troops, the discussion between the two top Afghan commanders quickly dissolved into a heated disagreement.

48.   Relations were already strained after three top Taliban commanders were killed while in alliance custody when a helicopter transporting them crashed into a hillside two weeks ago.

49.   Several top commanders were also taken.

50.   She became the private secretary of a top commander of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front during peace talks that ended the Salvadoran civil war.