51.   The Republican-controlled legislature was for it.

52.   There is general agreement, even among the lawyers, that greater diversity in a legislature is a healthy thing.

53.   When the Utah legislature was the first to pass the gay marriage ban last year, it barely got noted.

54.   While many legal experts say they believe the appointed legislature is unconstitutional, they also recognize that the court may find it nearly impossible to make such a ruling.

55.   Xinhua vice-director Zheng Guoxiong said the provisional legislature was to assist the work of the Chief Executive-designate and was an indispensable part of the SAR government.

56.   Zeevi regularly stayed at the Hyatt when the legislature was in session, as it is now.

57.   Past legislatures were heavy with government appointees, and served mostly to rubber-stamp colonial government policy.

58.   A new legislature is due to be elected in May.

59.   A new city charter, introduced this year after a bitter battle, calls for the legislature to be a full-time body with extensive powers.

60.   A substitute, unelected legislature is already in place.