71.   But Adam Brown, vice-president of forecasting and strategic planning at Airbus, thinks the impact of the Asian crisis has been overdone.

72.   But first, she said, the full amount of money should be approved to stop the Asian crisis from spreading to the United States.

73.   But even fewer foresaw the Asian economic crisis, which plunged Hong Kong into a deep recession and dulled the public appetite for gambling.

74.   But in one of those oddities that has peppered the Asian financial crisis, interest rates in Japan, which have been at rock bottom, are going up.

75.   But he warned that much depends on how long the Asian crisis persists.

76.   But his main complaint appeared to be that the fund was not willing to adopt his approach to handling the Asian crisis when he was at the World Bank.

77.   But like a storm that threatens a parade, the Asian crisis cast a pall across the economic landscape.

78.   But like all Indonesian banks, Bank Bali was devastated by the Asian financial crisis.

79.   But in one of the odder twists to the unfolding Asian crisis, his prophets have resurfaced in Beijing.

80.   But in Washington, the Russian crisis looks very much like the next phase of the Asian crisis.