11.   The country has been considered generally free of the disease since last September.

12.   The subway attack shattered a sense of security in Japan, whose cities were considered relatively free of violent crime.

13.   Until last week, Austria had been considered free of mad cow disease, although several cases have been diagnosed in neighboring Slovakia.

14.   Clinton said the incident was particularly troubling because, unlike the police, the military had been considered widely free of corruption.

15.   Clinton said the Gutierrez incident was particularly troubling because, unlike the police, the military had been considered free of corruption.

16.   No area of the world is considered free of the commercial sexual abuse of children, according to UNICEF.

17.   President Clinton said the Gutierrez incident was particularly troubling because, unlike the police, the military had been considered free of corruption.

18.   President Bill Clinton said the Gutierrez incident was particularly troubling because, unlike the police, the military had been considered free of corruption.