51.   Along with Lustig came a wave of additional patrol officers and supervisors, and new equipment like walkie-talkies and motor scooters.

52.   Although Maine was the first state to use this new equipment for the government-required testing, others are due to follow suit soon.

53.   An Alameda company, Manex Entertainment Ltd., made the impossible a reality with new equipment and digital wizardry.

54.   Analysts said Nokia had been overly optimistic in projecting the kind of economic resurgence that would prompt phone companies to spend heavily on expensive new equipment.

55.   And it loosened some rules, like a ban on investing in new equipment that could not pay for itself within a year.

56.   And if smaller crop yields force farmers to put off buying new equipment, cities like Fargo and Bismarck that are centers for farm supply businesses will be affected.

57.   And many schools, he said, are creating problems for themselves by overloading their electrical systems with new electronic equipment.

58.   And the department has rushed through orders for new equipment.

59.   And the swoon of technology stocks has forced the very companies that have made some of the most dramatic investments in new equipment to reconsider how they operate.

60.   And unlike satellites, which generally cannot be retrieved except for a special space shuttle mission, airships can land for repairs or to take on new equipment.