21.   Battle fronts across Bosnia were tense, and both sides are preparing for much more fighting, according to U.N. officials.

22.   Both sides are preparing for a resumption of heavy fighting as a failed four-month cease-fire agreement enters its last two weeks.

23.   Both sides are preparing for more war after the truce expires.

24.   Both sides are preparing auto cases against each other at the World Trade Organization.

25.   Both sides have been preparing for renewed war, and Croatian Serbs are confident of help from their brethren in Bosnia.

26.   Both sides have been preparing for renewed war.

27.   Brahimi, who has been pressing the two sides to find a peaceful solution, has warned that both sides were preparing for major spring offensives.

28.   Both sides have been preparing for the possibility of a strike for weeks.

29.   But both sides are preparing for more war.

30.   But the truce is fraying, and both sides are preparing for more war.