51.   Oddly enough, Mariucci says such good fortune is the great danger for rookie quarterbacks.

52.   Old fortunes were lost.

53.   Now Mexican investigators say that his fortune is even heftier.

54.   Polling in all three states indicates Republican fortunes are on the rise.

55.   Profits of better established companies -- whose fortunes are more linked closely with the economic cycle -- are being held back in part by rising interest rates.

56.   Shares of companies whose fortunes are most closely tied to interest rates -- electric utilities, brokerage companies, banks, insurers and consumer lenders -- fell.

57.   Some of the new owners are instant millionaires via the Internet, and know there are fortunes to be made marketing snippets of information and sound and image.

58.   Some, in fact, are petty, stubborn and slow to act, even when fortunes are at stake.

59.   Still, Democrats say fortune is with them this time.

60.   The advance was led by building material, chemical and paper and packaging companies, whose fortunes are linked to economic growth in Europe.