51.  Independent analysts agree.

52.  Independent analysts are increasingly raising the possibility that Russia will suffer heavy losses in a protracted guerrilla war as the rebels retreat to the mountains in the south.

53.  Independent analysts have criticized the center as being too slow in coping with the threat of cybercrime and devising means to protect Internet security.

54.  Independent analysts predict that the agreement will be unenforceable if less than half of the Protestant electorate supports it.

55.  Independent analysts say that U.S. objectives look farther away and the path toward them is far from clear.

56.  Independent analysts say the figure is probably twice as high.

57.  Independent analysts say the union cannot scientifically support that number, and many believe the Labor Department figure is overstated, as well.

58.  Independent analysts who track mutual fund flows reported that fund companies received a resurgent wave of fresh cash in the first half of November.

59.  Independent legal analysts said Gates performed well.

60.  Independent political analysts said the Morris flap amounts to a political embarrassment to the president but predicted it would have no lasting impact on his campaign.