31.   After some heated internal debate, Housing Works toned down its protests and agreed to allow a private accountant chosen by the city to audit its books.

32.   After the convictions, a group of dissident PBA delegates called on the union to open its books to determine whether it had misused any police union funds.

33.   After the state raid, Hamilton Township examined its books and found that the club had built additions without township permits.

34.   All along, though, WorldCom insisted that its books were clean and its business prospects clear.

35.   Budget monitors argue that the state is relying more heavily than ever on one volatile industry, the investment business, to balance its books.

36.   But Daimler-Benz sidestepped that effort by agreeing to restate its books, and Tuesday Donaldson said he expected more German companies would follow.

37.   But its books were not scrutinized more closely.

38.   But Microsoft came out ahead, sweeping all those options off its books.

39.   But Nigeria cannot carry any more loans on its books.

40.   Credit Acceptance Corp. said its fourth-quarter earnings report will be delayed as auditors examine its books.