51.  As a former federal appeals judge and the Solicitor General in the Bush administration, Starr commanded respect within the legal profession.

52.  As applications for pure buckyballs fell away, chemists developed techniques for adding branches of other molecules to the outside of the buckyballs and for encapsulating atoms within buckyballs.

53.  Despite her downgrade of Pixar yesterday, Styponias predicts Pixar stock could hit $50 within 12 months.

54.  Despite his prominence within al-Qaida and his close ties to bin Laden, relatively little is known about his background and education.

55.  Despite his volunteer status, the Bedford businessman is an acknowledged powerhouse within the 1.6 million-member organization.

56.  Currently, the diversity of teaching approaches from school to school and even within schools makes this impossible.

57.  Despite intense aerial fogging of the hog farms, about 70 people died within a month, including pig farmers who received encephalitis vaccines.

58.  Curved walls create irregular movement within the space.

59.  DeSimone checked with an architect, who said it would be easy to obtain the special permit required for a dance club within 100 feet of a residential district.

60.  Desperate parents stormed stores and emptied shelves within minutes.