41.   Though the new version of its Astra sedan is popular, Opel got off to a slow start this year because of early production snags.

42.   Thunder Gulch had to fight for his seventh victory in nine starts this year, as he always does.

43.   Van Impe really came on in the last part of last year and got off to a good start this year.

44.   Wheat rose after Egypt purchased grain from the U.S., bolstering expectations that exports could pick up after a slow start this year.

45.   Wheat futures rose after Egypt purchased grain from the U.S., bolstering expectations that exports could pick up after a slow start this year.

46.   When the team got off to a slow start this year, there were feelers made to acquire pitching.

47.   Woods has two runner-up finishes and a third-place showing in four PGA starts this year.

48.   Online brokerage TD Waterhouse Group Inc., for instance, got off to a rough start this year.

49.   Peter Jacobsen has two victories, a second and a third in five starts this year.

50.   Banks Hill now has three wins and three seconds in seven starts this year.