31.   A negative report widely would have been seen as a fatal blow for the deal.

32.   Aklan stressed, however, that once the market shakes off the overhang created by the spate of negative economic reports, the mood may improve.

33.   All those negative reports presumably prompted the CNN viewer, not Singaporean nor an Indonesian, to make the silly suggestion.

34.   Anwar urged young leaders to acquire self-confidence and maturity, and negate excessively negative foreign reports entirely ignoring the problem of currency traders and short-term speculators.

35.   Aye Kyaw meanwhile warned Burmese correspondents not to send negative reports and urged them to be patriotic.

36.   But HKIFA chairman Peter Lord attempted to downplay the negative report.

37.   But they also say investors are anxious for these growth stocks to recover, and are more sensitive to negative reports about them.

38.   Despite the negative reports, the United States and four peace partners will try this week to persuade Milosevic to accept the proposal, the State Department said earlier.

39.   Even worse were the negative reports played up by the foreign media on the magnitude of the haze in the region.

40.   Government officials said that despite the negative financial report, it will not influence the future of Radio Free Iraq on Czech territory.