41.  Derivatives trading grew last year, even as many corporations stopped buying the controversial financial contracts, according to a new study.

42.  Degussa has scheduled a press conference at 10 a.m. to give more information about its performance in fiscal 1997.

43.  Deilmann, whose company is based in the Baltic port of Neustadt, about 50 miles northeast of Hamburg, said the passengers came from many regions of Germany.

44.  Dekalb police spokesperson Mikki Jones flipped through pages and pages of names of journalists from across the country who want more information about the case.

45.  Deke, that's Zeb's boy, got all riled up, but he's fit to be tied most days 'cause he's 30 and still single.

46.  Del Castillo doesn't feel the time-is-money pressure that most groups face -- he owns his own studio, Smiling Castle Productions in Austin.

47.  Del Monte raised the additional $65 million by selling 14 percent preferred stock that pays interest in the form of more shares and increasing its bank debt.

48.  Del Ponte also said she is pressing NATO peacekeepers in Bosnia to make more arrests there.

49.  Del Webb figures that many residents will want to go for walks, even without golf clubs.

50.  Delaware, which has won 12 straight and nine straight by 13 or more points, had lots of answers Sunday.