51.   An E. coli infection can typically be cured in a week with proper medication.

52.   And Galen Bunger sat atop his tractor this week with more on his mind than the cool dry earth that still must be tilled.

53.   And it got dislocated the next week and I played the next week with it and it got dislocated again.

54.   And left-hander Mark Guthrie is expected to miss a week with a tender elbow.

55.   And pressure on the Hartford schools increased this week with a proposal to lay off hundreds of teachers to pay for classroom improvements.

56.   And old friend Billy Curley has been working out the last couple weeks with the team, without any apparent problems.

57.   And Roberto Lavagna, the new economy minister, said after talks this week with the Fund that a deal could be reached by late June.

58.   And so began a cat-and-mouse game of amateur detective work last summer that culminated this week with explosive allegations of sex and cover-up against President Clinton.

59.   And talks between the U.S. and China on illegal Chinese textile shipments ended earlier in the week with no agreement.

60.   And Ron Carpenter, who became the free safety, now is out for a few weeks with a groin injury.