51.   The Republicans on the panel voted as a bloc to enforce their subpoena if the notes are not delivered Friday.

52.   The states, from Virginia to Maine, voted as a group in February to ask the environmental agency to impose the California rules on them as a group.

53.   The vast majority of assimilated Irish-Americans have showed no tendency either to vote as a bloc or be overly concerned about the plight of their ancestral homeland.

54.   There is an implicit threat of more pointed advertisements if the lawmakers do not vote as union officials wish.

55.   Those same experts voted as NBA All-Star Game starters Alonzo Mourning and Grant Hill, who have combined to play in two games this season.

56.   Viewed as a whole, Stark County is a strong bellwether for national politics, usually voting as the country has for president for the last three decades.

57.   Villanova senior center Jason Lawson was voted as Defensive Player of the Year, while his freshman teammate, Tim Thomas, was named Rookie of the Year.

58.   Whatever comes next, the spectacle of North and South voting as one was striking.

59.   Women do not vote as a block.

60.   Among those voting as Namibians for the first time Wednesday were thousands of former South Africans who live at Walvis Bay.