41.  Cutting Social Security benefits would thus not actually address the underlying deficit problem -- it would just produce a larger surplus to help mask the problem.

42.  Democrats at work on the issue also say that support is eroding, in part because there is no bill actually before either house.

43.  Democrats charge that the savings to the consumer, if any actually materialize, will be minimal.

44.  Despite pledges by the Clinton administration to slow the withdrawal, the exodus may actually accelerate this year, a White House official and several experts said.

45.  Despite rising safety concerns, the Center for Public Policy Priorities reports that juvenile violent crime in Texas is actually declining.

46.  Despite the bold appearance of the nominations, the shift is actually a reshuffling of personnel who already work closely together.

47.  Despite the boom in all kinds of construction, which has been adding an average of 28,000 jobs a month since last fall, payrolls actually shrank in May.

48.  Despite the disappointing loss, Sunday's game marked the first time in more than two weeks the last-place Kings actually recorded a point.

49.  Despite the down-at-the-heels urban blues featured on his series of albums, Hodge is actually a happy husband and father.

50.  Czech designer Heinz Edelmann actually did all the work.