21.   The Pentagon said that weather conditions appeared good and that the test on Friday was on schedule.

22.   These conditions appeared unlikely to be acceptable to the United States, which has made clear its readiness to use military force to capture or kill bin Laden.

23.   These conditions appeared to discourage the growth of the fungal rice blast in the sticky rice plants.

24.   Those conditions appeared unlikely to be acceptable to the United States, which has made clear its readiness to use military force to capture or kill bin Laden.

25.   While the condition appears to be reversible if detected immediately, spinal bleeding can lead to permanent paralysis if left untreated, the FDA said.

26.   Police said his condition did not appear life-threatening.

27.   Atmospheric conditions do not appear as explosive as they were Saturday.

28.   Conditions appeared almost as bad for thousands more who managed to cross the border into Serb-held parts of Bosnia.

29.   Conditions appear to be getting better in the mobile phone industry as a whole, where Murata generates a significant portion of its revenue.