31.   Every week still comes down to a battle of nerves, a waiting game to see who slips up first.

32.   It gave all parties a week to come to the table and a week to reach agreement.

33.   Netanyahu has been struggling for weeks to come up with a pullback offer that will both satisfy the Palestinians and prevent the collapse of his coalition.

34.   Seizinger was relieved the week had come to an end because the three high-speed events had drained her both physically and mentally.

35.   The criticisms come a week before U.S. President Bill Clinton arrives in China for a summit with Chinese leaders.

36.   The measures are set to come into force once they are formally adopted by the European Commission, a decision EU spokesman Gregor Kreuzhuber said would come this week.

37.   The plan handed to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon this week comes as Israel feels the crunch from its three-week incursion into Palestinian areas of the West Bank.

38.   The Ryder Cup is two years off, but it continues to make news and probably will for weeks to come.

39.   The trip to Baghdad comes a week before Ekeus is to report to the U.N. Security Council on the progress of his work.

40.   Those efforts will come this week at an international conference in Bonn, one of two convened each year to review progress in implementing the Dayton peace accords.