51.   But by midseason, the groundwork had been laid to shift gears for a youth movement and a low-budget operation.

52.   But even Democrats conceded that the groundwork had been laid for the least incendiary budget negotiations in recent memory.

53.   But Bradley has actually been laying the groundwork for a national campaign for more than a decade.

54.   But he credited Engelbart and others with laying the groundwork for the explosion of the World Wide Web.

55.   But Edward Tirello, an analyst at NatWest Securities, said Southern is laying the groundwork for an eventual restructuring.

56.   But it also lays some groundwork for the European Central Bank to make another rate reduction when it meets next Wednesday, widening the gap again.

57.   But it lays the groundwork for NATO to offer assistance, if the United States requests it.

58.   But neither part laid much groundwork for her latest, and riskiest, role.

59.   But problems loom even as groundwork is being laid.

60.   But the commander of U.S. forces in South Korea, Gen. Thomas A. Schwartz, has laid the groundwork for a possible White House reversal.