51.   As happens so many times when the American people become fed up with bureaucratic bungling, they take matters into their own hands.

52.   As one of those boomers, I take this matter to heart.

53.   Augustus took matters into his own hands, so to speak, before enrolling in the study in June.

54.   Because the Ministry of Finance took matters into its own hands and kept vital information to itself, banks failed one after another.

55.   Barbara Walters took matters into her own hands.

56.   Behind the scenes, however, court officials were taking the matter quite seriously.

57.   A Florida science teacher said he was at the seminar because he had become disgusted with his local school board and wanted to take matters into his own hands.

58.   A Florida Supreme Court spokesman said the court would decide whether to take the matter on an expedited appeal Tuesday.

59.   A dean will then decide whether to take the matter to the disciplinary council, known at Harvard as the administrative board.