31.  Any threat to China's ability to provide enough water for food production, job creation, and overall economic growth is a threat to the established political order.

32.  Delta has placed 106 firm orders, with options on a further 538.

33.  Delta spokesman Bobby Harper declined to say whether the airline is planning to cancel or delay delivery of any of the 43 airplanes it has on order with Boeing.

34.  DELTA-BOEING _ Delta Air Lines annouces today it will defer its remaining Boeing 777 orders because of a stalemate over pilot pay.

35.  Delta's 1997 Boeing order essentially committed the airline to the Seattle-based aerospace giant as its sole airplane supplier.

36.  Deluxe, which serves beer and wine as well as coffee, could have lost its ABC license if it ignored the agents' order.

37.  Demand for new houses has fallen every month this year and orders from the government are declining.

38.  Demand for primary metals dropped 0.7 percent in October, and orders for military hardware plunged 8.4 percent, according to the Commerce Department's report.

39.  Currently, Airbus's backlog equals 30 percent of airlines' outstanding orders.

40.  Currently, five novices aspire to the order.