21.   Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said his ministry is ready to help nurse ailing Nippon Credit Bank back to health.

22.   Friday, however, the ministry was awash in uncertainty and rain.

23.   He also said the ministry should be more vigilant in checking that banks abide by banking rules.

24.   I believe that ministry is the word and action.

25.   I believe that the Christian ministry is the most rewarding work in the world.

26.   In a nation rich in oil and natural energy, the ministry is a powerful agency.

27.   In Mexico, the interior ministry is the political arm of the executive.

28.   In the Russian system, the finance ministry is the final gate for disbursement of money from the budget.

29.   Instead, it immediately drew more complaints -- even from a Cabinet minister -- that the ministry was hardly the one to review its own affairs.

30.   Instead, analysts said, the ministry would be much more likely to fall back on the usual methods of forcing healthy banks to acquire ailing ones.