81.   But it could help the fund if it needed additional money to deal with a further spreading of the Asian crisis.

82.   But once the Asian economic crisis spread to Russia last August, that market evaporated.

83.   But the APEC heads of state devoted most of their session to the Asian financial crisis.

84.   But the Asian economic crisis of two years ago hit hard here, and fears of renewed difficulties are surprisingly strong.

85.   But the Asian financial crises forced reassessment.

86.   But the Asian crisis has highlighted the continued importance of a central economic hub.

87.   But the company has persevered, introducing new products and weathering the Asian financial crisis.

88.   But the events of the last few days also exposed some enormous cracks in the approach taken to keep the Asian economic crisis from washing onto American shores.

89.   But that deal fell through last year, when the Asian financial crisis forced Acer to back out.

90.   But their countries were battered by the Asian economic crisis, they lost their jobs and now they are at the vanguard of a new entrepreneurism in Asia.