41.   Annan, whose negotiations defused the recent Iraqi crisis, is not expected to play a major part in moving forward the stalled Israel-Palestinian negotiations.

42.   As a result, Clinton was quoted as saying, the United States had difficulty enlisting Arab states in a coalition against Saddam in the recent Gulf crisis.

43.   At the same time, MITI called for reforming the global financial system to avoid a repeat of the recent Asian crisis.

44.   Better regulation is needed to keep in check the vast flows of capital between economies that helped spark the recent crisis, he said.

45.   But the company said a recent crisis surrounding the departure of founders Maurice and Charles Saatchi had not put it in a position of needing cash.

46.   But some analysts said this week that the forecasts have not yet been adjusted enough to take into account the recent Asian economic crisis.

47.   But the recent political crisis may have dented his popularity among deputies.

48.   But Russia was importing close to half of all its consumer goods until the recent crisis hit.

49.   But the inspectors were believed to be checking the monitoring equipment they had installed at known weapons sites before the recent crisis.

50.   But the recent crisis has laid bare the illusion that the Balkan country escaped the ethnic animosity that bloodied other former Yugoslav republics.