41.  As a category, batteries don't seem to excite much brand loyalty, and when buying batteries, many consumers base their purchase decisions on price alone.

42.  Desperate for energy, China wants Washington's permission to buy the latest generation of nuclear reactors developed jointly by the US government and the nuclear industry.

43.  Desperate to appear connected to current events and a part of a society, they sacrificed other household goods to buy televisions and radios.

44.  Delcor Inc., a Spangler family investment company, began buying shares in National Gypsum about a year ago, and now holds a stake of around 19 percent.

45.  Cummings can buy that, especially when guys approaching 40 complain to her about minor injuries cramping their athletic style.

46.  Cunningham married in 1915, bought a cabin cruiser and visited St. Augustine for the first time.

47.  DEPRESSION-PALACE (New York) _ The son of a pharmaceutical fortune, Andrew Solomon, a writer, is living proof that money can't buy happiness.

48.  Delgratia bought rights to Coco Mina and five other Nicaraguan concessions in October 1994 for $75,000 plus a 2.5 percent share of net smelter return.

49.  Dell Computer Corp. added 1 5/8 to 70 1/2 after being rated a new "buy" at CS First Boston.

50.  Dell Computer Corp. gained 2 1/8 to 71, after being rated a new "buy" at CS First Boston.