41.  In the past four years, the federal agency has reduced by more than half the number of pending cases.

42.  INS officials said they would not comment on Ms. Abankwah because they did not discuss pending cases.

43.  Justice lawyers, meanwhile, are sifting through pending cases to determine if they must pass along new information to defense attorneys because of problems uncovered in the lab.

44.  Justice has now completed its mission, ruling that the pending cases may proceed.

45.  Kristine Smith, a spokesman for the New York board, said she could not discuss pending cases.

46.  Moreover, it applied that novel rule to pending cases.

47.  Most judges are uncomfortable with statements in the press about pending cases and would like lawyers to keep monastic silence.

48.  No pending cases involve the use of secret evidence, Cole said, and only two indictments have been brought involving material support.

49.  NCAA officials cannot comment on pending cases.

50.  Often inmates who have been released are held because of other pending cases.