51.  DeLay and Armey said their plan, which allowed the president to decide how many airport workers to make federal employees, was superior because it was more flexible.

52.  DeLay echoed the comments of many when he said that providing the industry with legal protections has become extremely unlikely.

53.  DeLay has taught many leading violinists, including Itzhak Perlman, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Midori, Gil Shaham and Sarah Chang.

54.  DeRosa admits there were many times he didn't think he'd make the majors at all.

55.  DES uses a 56-bit key _ which is a measure of how many possible password keys protect a system.

56.  Describing himself as an "inveterate scribbler," he said he had spent many years recording his thoughts in college-rule note books with No. 2 pencils.

57.  Describing how the project would need money from local sales, ticket and parking taxes, Soboroff sounded like many advocates of public sector contributions.

58.  Desertification and deforestation are accelerating in many countries, local water shortages are expanding into regional crises and about half of the world's fisheries have been overharvested.

59.  Deshpande estimates that telephone and Internet companies invested $1.5 trillion in equipment in the past four or five years, far more than was needed.

60.  Design, he said, can take many months.