21.   As the country has become more multicultural and immigration issues have become more virulent, the debate has intensified.

22.   As part of that, the country has become a laboratory for experts helping build a money economy from scratch.

23.   As the immigrants became more familiar with their adopted country, their adopted country became more comfortable with them.

24.   As many investors pull out of Korea, the country becomes more dependent on the international community for funds.

25.   At stake is whether the Central Asian country can become a stable nation that will no longer harbor international terrorists.

26.   -- Who said this country has become one big, homogenized blur?

27.   A country does not become prosperous by preventing its people from doing business.

28.   A split had developed in the Communist world between the Soviet Union and China, and Kim did not want his country to become too dependent on either.

29.   After watching their country become a synonym for corruption, taxpayers here are no longer willing to look the other way.

30.   Both countries have recently become involved in drilling for oil in Azerbaijan.