41.   Diplomats who support a relaxation say that if sanctions are to be made an effective tool, terms once agreed by the Security Council must be honored.

42.   Economic sanctions can be a legitimate and useful way for the United States to pressure other countries to change offensive policies.

43.   Economic sanctions are already in place and could no doubt be more strictly enforced.

44.   Either way, the overall effect of the sanctions have been devastating on the average Iraqi.

45.   Even these sanctions are problematic.

46.   Even though there have been huge sanctions against the conspirators, some experts worry that the penalties may not be enough to prevent cartels from reappearing.

47.   Finally the sanctions will be on companies that invest in those countries, not on those who simply do business with them, Guilford said.

48.   Experience shows that sanctions here are unwieldy, take time to crank up, are difficult to enforce and are of limited effectiveness.

49.   Financial sanctions are also a major disincentive for divorce.

50.   Fisher said he did not think U.S. government sanctions would be necessary to conclude an agreement with Japan on removing barriers to imports of film and photo paper.