31.  Dave Campbell, newly appointed assistant chief of operations, stood by the fire department's decision to send firefighters into the building.

32.  Digital has been shedding operations that aren't essential to its newly refined strategy of providing Internet-based products and services for large corporate customers.

33.  Dick Morris, the political consultant, suggested the senator lost the race back in South Carolina, when he failed to respond to Bush's newly aggressive campaign.

34.  Dick Trevor, clutching his newly signed copy of Gingrich's book, crossed over to tell them they were wrong.

35.  Did Rudy T. put the "T" back in Team, or is this just some newly discovered "bug" that's wafting through Texas?

36.  Despite the increasing competition, Money magazine recently chose to tone down under the leadership of Safian, its newly installed managing editor, beginning with its October issue.

37.  Despite the litigation, Trevino said Allstate felt the transition, which left the company with 13,000 agents, some newly recruited, had gone smoothly.

38.  Die Erste has suggested that the EA-Generali bidding group create a holding company that would hold the newly bought shares of Creditanstalt and Die Erste.

39.  Despite the stumbles, the newly automated Congress is making progress toward streamlining its own operations and making more government information available to the public.

40.  Despite their newly minted "strategic partnership," China and Russia look to the United States as an implicit ally against each other.