51.   The unforeseen knockout blow can come at any time, as they know.

52.   Then, two weeks ago, there came another blow.

53.   There was never a reason to doubt that the blow was coming.

54.   Traumatized by the unprecedented attacks, although no second blow has come.

55.   Perhaps the most numbing blow for Peruvians came Tuesday when Congressman Ernesto Gamarra was shown in a video apparently taking a bribe from a Montesinos front man.

56.   Perhaps the worst blow could come as early as this week.

57.   Another blow comes when Carmen breaks up with him.

58.   The final blow came Monday, when screens tuned into the national independent station TAN, which normally broadcasts from a state-owned transmitter, went blank.

59.   The final blow may have come when three former rebels appeared with Balconi on the reviewing stage to watch a military parade in late June.

60.   The first blow came with an ill-timed increase in the national sales tax last year, just as the economy was showing signs of recovering.