31.   Serbian officials said the statement followed a meeting between Karadzic and the Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, in Belgrade late last week.

32.   Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian president, is often to be found padding through the cavernous presidency building in Belgrade, alone except for a single faithful aide.

33.   Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian president, may have been able to bar Louise Arbour, a war-crimes prosecutor, from Racak.

34.   Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian president, was less concerned with history, but nonetheless ready to edit it to his ends.

35.   That meant that the Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, would be granted the international recognition and respect that he has long sought.

36.   The office of Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian president in Belgrade, however, issued assurances that the remaining hostages would soon be released.

37.   The Serbian president is anxious to have the West lift crippling economic sanctions that have been imposed on his country.

38.   The Serbian president vehemently protested the bombing, but otherwise the meeting was constructive, Holbrooke said.

39.   The Serbian president heads a delegation that includes three senior Bosnian Serb officials.

40.   The Serbian president is also a survivor.