41.  Ameritech is a Baby Bell that provides local service to the Midwest.

42.  And Ameritech Corp., which offers local service in five Midwestern states, plans to file for permission to offer long distance next week.

43.  And for people who call London or Long Island, that could translate into lower overseas phone rates and more competition to provide local service.

44.  And there is a relentless economic logic to foster care, the one program that has become the linchpin of local services for children.

45.  And then, just two days ago, MCI Worldcom Inc. revived its own plan to offer local service in New York.

46.  And while Sprint said the technology would let them provide local service, the company might prefer to partner with Bells.

47.  And the company recently introduced a new type of wireless technology that its executives said would enable it to offer local service without building costly networks.

48.  Approval of the Digital request to provide local service, and a series of similar requests by other companies, is pending before the Missouri Public Service Commission.

49.  Another factor has been the expansion of the local service economy.

50.  Argentine telephone stocks soared after the government raised prices for local service and lowered long-distance rates.