51.   Months after Bermudez, another migrant worker-turned-millionaire launched his bid for the Jerez mayorship.

52.   Opposition lawmakers launched a bid Thursday to expand the powers of parliament and weaken President Leonid Kuchma, but their proposals failed to win support in initial voting.

53.   On Wednesday, it gathered its small pool of diplomatic allies to launch a bid for the sixth straight year for U.N. membership.

54.   Pat Buchanan launched a bid Tuesday to qualify for the presidential ballot in Texas, home of presumptive Republican nominee Gov. George W. Bush and former candidate Ross Perot.

55.   Rep. Bob Livingston, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, launched a bid to topple Gingrich earlier in the day.

56.   Republican Attorney General Jim Ryan has scheduled his own announcement Thursday, when he is expected to launch a bid for governor.

57.   Scottish Power, based in Edinburgh, launched its bid for Manweb in July, and raised its offer in September.

58.   Shares of Smithfield also dropped Friday as investors worried the Smithfield, Va. company would launch a bid for IBP.

59.   The last hurdle to launch the bid was cleared when the Social Democratic Party gave its approval.

60.   The former Bay City Rollers drummer, convicted last year of possessing child pornography, launched a bid Monday to avoid losing his nursing license.