51.  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.

52.  Deshpande, who owns 16.3 million Sycamore shares, is worth just under $3 billion, while Smith's 14.7 million shares are worth about $2.7 billion.

53.  Designed for girls age 8 through 12, "Girl Talk" retails for about $30.

54.  Designed to carry 189 passengers, it's been retrofitted to accommodate about 30 travelers in opulent style.

55.  Cult leader David Koresh and about 80 followers died.

56.  Culture in the form of family, religion and tradition impinges on just about everything about sex, and clearly directs mate choices.

57.  CULTURE: Arabic speakers; about two-thirds are Shia Muslims; other third, including the rulers, are Sunni Muslims.

58.  Cultured and quiet, Joseph has just about nothing in common with his upstairs neighbor, a foul-mouthed young woman named Charlotte (Olivia d'Abo).

59.  Department of Veterans Affairs spokesman Steve Westerfeld said America's World War II veterans are currently dying at a rate of about 1,000 a day.

60.  Department store sales, which make up about 10 percent of Japan's economy, have been hit especially hard.