41.   Boone said Sample, whose father is a mailman and mother is a truck driver, wrote four checks from two banks for the car.

42.   But directing a broker to transfer a stock is not as simple as writing a check--and sometimes the middleman makes a mistake.

43.   But fund-raisers said big-dollar political donors were willing to write numerous checks to different party committees in an effort to preserve their privacy.

44.   But he indicated that the administration would resist pressure to start writing checks to every industry that finds itself in trouble.

45.   But he said in an interview Tuesday that he did not write a check to the Indiana state party.

46.   But if the choice is between writing a check and seeing Barney on the Jerry Springer show, than all I can say is hand me a pen.

47.   But Landye said that the right approach from the candidate could spur him to write a check.

48.   But late Wednesday a Massport spokesman acknowledged that Blute had written a check himself to pay back the authority for the expense.

49.   But police cannot determine who wrote those checks, according to Lodi deputy district attorney Scott Fichtner.

50.   But Leiter is not a passive spectator of the charity, like many public figures who write a check.