51.   In numerous memoranda, Neumann complained to his superiors at the State Department that economic woes facing Afghanistan threatened to bring down the government.

52.   In the South, however, manpower shortages and economic woes threatened to undo the Confederacy.

53.   Investors often compare Brazil and Asian countries because of similar economic woes such as widening current account gaps and budget deficits.

54.   IPOs lagged in the first half of the year, and then followed a broader market downturn in October exacerbated by economic woes in Asia.

55.   It described economic woes of places like Bulgaria, now run by reformist, renamed communists.

56.   Japanese investors are beset by economic woes at home.

57.   Italian shares fell on Wednesday and Thursday after Asian economic woes dragged down equities worldwide amid concern that corporate profits would be hurt.

58.   Japanese stocks fell, led by exporters following warnings from the U.S. that it will not let Japan export its way out of its economic woes.

59.   Meeting his Soviet counterparts and seeing first-hand the economic woes brought on by heavy military spending were eye-opening, he said.

60.   Now investors are focusing on economic woes overseas that may wash ashore here, and stocks of other American banks are being savaged.