51.   The crackdown has continued even though insurgents seeking independence for the ethnic Albanian majority in the Serbian province have ceased to be a fighting force, officials say.

52.   The Chechens are weaker than they were a year ago, but they are a well-trained and committed fighting force.

53.   The Croats quietly rearmed, trained an impressive fighting force, and then swept the aside the Serb forces in the space of four days last August.

54.   The exercises are necessary, however, to hone the fighting force, Gehman said.

55.   The fighting forces on the side of the opposition on our side will be much better prepared for winter than will the Taliban.

56.   The Northern Alliance is the only on-the-ground fighting force with the potential to get the job done.

57.   The most important, long past due, is to consolidate all our fighting forces into one unified service.

58.   The rebels, whose fighting force began with a core of Zairian ethnic Tutsis, have denied that they are seeking to kill the Hutus.

59.   The stature and reputation of the once formidable fighting force have plummeted since the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union dissolved.

60.   The Taliban, still showing their teeth as a fighting force, have reportedly driven armored vehicles into civilian areas around Kandahar, seeking protection from airstrikes.