41.  Delta and ALPA have been in talks for more than a year but only recently exchanged initial wage proposals.

42.  Curiously, neither one spoke with West anytime recently, as he made the decision to leave the Lakers to run the Memphis Grizzlies.

43.  Curiously, the two teams set to be defrocked, in speculation, are not two of the recently recruited, but the Montreal Expos and Minnesota Twins.

44.  Delta recently announced plans for wireless Internet connections in its airport gate areas and Crown Room lounges.

45.  Delta recently inked a deal for the exclusive right to book seats on 45 new regional jets ordered by Atlantic Coast Airlines, based near Washington, D.C.

46.  Delta recently offered passengers 20,000 bonus miles on its Boston-New York-Washington shuttle if it takes more than 20 minutes to clear the checkpoints.

47.  Delta recently put its Business Elite seats to Europe on sale at deep discounts.

48.  Delta recently started training pilots in a six-week course in Orlando.

49.  Currency traders responded to the report by bidding down the recently buoyant dollar.

50.  Delta's purchase of Pan American's European service in 1991 was unprofitable until recently, when economies improved and travel rebounded.