41.  Although his victory surprised nobody, one aspect was stunning.

42.  Any record-breaking winter must conjure memories of the Blizzard of '78, when more snow fell in one storm than any before or since.

43.  Deforestation in the Brazilian state of Rondonia in the Amazon rain forest is ominously evident in two satellite images, one from 1975 and the other from 1992.

44.  Deftly deploying the mouse, Ms. Pagano printed a fair likeness of a real hundred almost as fast as one could say "Benjamin Franklin."

45.  Defying his party's opposition, Powell called it "one of the tools available to us to right the wrongs of the past."

46.  Defying odds, the storm that struck this city Tuesday night caused one death and one injury from hail.

47.  Cuba made it through the evening without one athlete defecting.

48.  Cuba manager Servio Borges clearly recognized the significance of the game, removing starter Pedro Luis Lazo after just one inning.

49.  Cuba opened one recently, and it was so successful that now they're talking about opening them on roads all over the island.

50.  Cuba was effectively one of the states before 1959, when Fidel Castro swept down from the hills into the pulsating capital.