51.   Term limits backers introduced two amendments expressing preferences for variations on the term limits theme.

52.   The administration has expressed a preference for the industry to adopt voluntary self-regulation, as has been its policy on policing Internet advertising.

53.   The exception is Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York, who has expressed no preference except to say he vehemently opposes Buchanan.

54.   The Diamondbacks have expressed a preference to be in the National League.

55.   The governor did not express a preference or even acknowledge a difference with the mayor over which road to rename.

56.   The influential Grace shareholders said they have not expressed a preference for any potential purchaser but have conveyed to the company that they want the highest sale value possible.

57.   The long-term superiority of the male nude in western art depended on classical Greece, where a homosexual preference was openly expressed in vase painting and in literature.

58.   The SEC, which oversees the NASD, has expressed its preference for the NASD plan over the Fields bill, which the SIA supports.

59.   The search began in February, and from the start, some regents had expressed a preference for an outsider.

60.   The sources said the board expressed no preference as to whether the company should be sold in its entirety or in parts.