41.  Definitely there were times you'd think, 'That could be me.'

42.  Defying his reputation as a political wallflower, a "policy wonk" before wonkism was cool, Lugar is seeking the Republican presidential nomination for the first time.

43.  Defying history and Henry Ford, the plantations are thriving, placing Brazil back on the road to self-sufficiency in rubber for the first time since 1950.

44.  Cuba officials asked for time to give its version of the shooting to the council before it acts.

45.  Cuban law had forbidden Alberto to leave the island, so I wondered how he was faring, especially with these tumultuous times on the island.

46.  Cubic elements stacked like blocks were designed in such a way that different spaces could be combined and recombined over time and could easily be adapted to changing functions.

47.  Cuellar notes that Johnson spends a lot of time working in the weight room between starts and is meticulous about stretching after a start to keep limber.

48.  Culberson, who was diagnosed with diabetes in 1989, was suffering from numerous other ailments at the time of her death.

49.  Culbro Corp. said it may sell General Cigar in an initial public offering, divesting one of its biggest businesses at a time when demand for cigars is booming.

50.  Cullen, 36, who missed the entire 1997-98 season battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, quit to spend more time with his family.