1.   The kidnappings undermined several months of delicate peace negotiations.

2.   But it was a delicate peace.

3.   Israel is a major ally of the United States that is engaged in a delicate peace offensive that Washington strongly backs.

4.   It also threatens to destroy a delicate peace process that has, finally, just gained traction.

5.   Leaders across Ireland hope that a planned trip by Clinton next month will boost the delicate peace process.

6.   Skeptics say assigning blame now could upset a delicate peace and distract an impoverished country from rebuilding its economy.

7.   The bombing campaign is rattling the delicate peace here and making life harder -- and riskier -- for the NATO peacekeeping contingent.

8.   The choice of Doctors Without Borders is not expected to help along some delicate peace process.

9.   Wilson went down during a reconnaissance flight during which he discovers something that could set back the Serbs in the middle of delicate peace talks.

10.   President Clinton called the allied attacks necessary and predicted the show of force would not derail delicate peace negotiations over former Yugoslavia.