51.   The Japanese shift on market reform and deregulation is so far mostly verbal, U.S. conference participants said.

52.   The problem, however, is constantly shifting, conference participants said.

53.   While conference participants said the hormones are safe in their own right, Fischler said there may be risks when chemicals or hormones are mixed.

54.   When we planned for the event, we wanted some sort of gift for conference participants and decided to purchase baseball caps made from organically grown cotton.

55.   Perry also said the conference participants had agreed that any NATO bombing campaign would not be halted by Serb hostage-taking.

56.   Police escorted him to a waiting bus, which removed all the conference participants from the area.

57.   Perry also said the conference participants had agreed that a NATO bombing campaign, if begun, would not be stopped by Serb hostage-taking.

58.   A senior Western diplomat told The Associated Press that conference participants were waiting for China and the United States to come to agreement.

59.   Adadyr resident Svetlana Taghyuq, a conference participant, said that with staples like sugar and flour becoming scarce, villagers are more dependent than ever on subsistence harvests.

60.   All three women urged conference participants to get involved to change the political situation in their home countries.