51.   And during the last decade, Murdoch has been widely viewed as having successfully managed a string of worldwide purchases.

52.   And for the last decade he did much more.

53.   And during the last decade, according to a newsletter, Money Laundering Alert, only foreign banks have been indicted in the United States on money laundering charges.

54.   And Chicago, Kansas City and New England have converted from artificial turf to grass in the last decade.

55.   And delivery room crises have flared periodically in most of the public hospitals over the last decade.

56.   And depending on how you figure it, their earnings account for a huge portion of the growth in wages in the city over the last decade.

57.   And fewer of those media introduced in the last decade are aimed at mass markets, seeking instead to focus narrowly on niche or specialty readers or viewers.

58.   --And finally, why was it a surprise that Carlos the Jackal had spent the last decade as a drunken, unemployable derelict in Damascus?

59.   And although the free trade agreements of the last decade have been hugely unpopular with unions and some businesses, Gallant is an outspoken cheerleader.

60.   And Gucci, Chanel, Fendi and Saks Fifth Avenue have all been fined over the last decade for illegal trade in crocodile hides.