51.   In more than a year of leading the troubled Balkan country through a difficult transition to democracy, Kostunica and Djindjic have become rivals locked in many disputes.

52.   Like other former Soviet republics, resource-rich Kazakstan has been enduring a difficult transition to a free-market economy.

53.   Natan Sharansky makes difficult transition from rights activist to Cabinet minister.

54.   She presided over the difficult transition from a dictatorship to a democracy.

55.   The pay dispute is symptomatic of a medical system struggling with the difficult transition from state-run, communist-era programs to a largely private system.

56.   For the European Commission, Commission President Jacques Delors said he was confident that the Russian people would overcome their difficult transition to economic and political reform.

57.   European Commission President Jacques Delors said he was confident that the Russian people would overcome their difficult transition to economic and political reform.

58.   The Russian coal industry is undergoing a difficult transition after years of decline, although few mines have closed and few miners have been laid off.

59.   Many political observers, including leading human rights lawyer Frans Winarta, have expressed concern about a potentially difficult transition of power.

60.   The American had a difficult transition to the grand prix circuit after taking over from Kevin Schwantz in the Suzuki team last June.