21.   The man generally blamed for the present crisis is Bill Clinton.

22.   The only real surprise in the present crisis with Iraq is that this has been so long coming.

23.   The present crisis has been building for some time.

24.   The present crisis erupted when the governing party approved new labor laws at a secret session of parliament with no opposition members present.

25.   Unless that is so, then not even a semi-permanent resolution of the present crisis, which may be all that is reasonable to expect, is likely.

26.   We had a very frank discussion about a wide-ranging set of issues, from the present crisis with the Police Department to education to welfare reform.

27.   What is the role of the arts in the present crisis, and how will the arts change in response to the new circumstances in which we live?

28.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, meanwhile, said he hoped that the present crisis in the Gulf would be settled peacefully.

29.   A British government official said Monday that Arafat would have to be included in Mideast peace talks if there were to be any hope of solving the present crisis.

30.   A dialog to discuss a complex national matter like economic and political reform to rescue the country from its present crisis cannot possibly be conducted as a one-shot affair.