51.   In exchange, players called off a strike they had threatened to stage if their demand to decrease the number of non-European players on a side was not heeded.

52.   In the past two years, authorities have managed to decrease the number of whole cars smuggled into China.

53.   In trying to find out whether fluoride -- a mineral found in food and water -- was the culprit, he learned it decreased the number of cavities.

54.   ONE way of decreasing the number of cars on the road and hence reducing air pollution from the combustion of petrol and diesel is to use public transportation.

55.   Over the long term, Bonino, urged European countries, especially Spain, to look for ways to decrease the number of people employed through fishing.

56.   The envoy also said Russia will decrease the number of its troops in Chechnya once serious peace talks start.

57.   This, he said, would decrease the number of crimes.

58.   Yeltsin did say he planned to decrease the number of government ministers and top aides, but those cutbacks would involve relatively small numbers of officials.

59.   In Australia, Xstrata will decrease the number of contractors and overtime.

60.   It will then decide whether to decrease the number of observers and rely more on government and non-governmental organisations in Croatia.