51.   Such price declines usually have little effect on consumers, but the forecast is likely to intensify pressure on Congress to approve another bailout of the farm economy.

52.   The bad news could intensify pressure on the Bank of Japan to do more to boost growth.

53.   The expectation that China will join the rules-making World Trade Organization later this year has intensified pressure to clean up the courts.

54.   The slaying intensifies pressure on Pastrana to obtain a cease-fire.

55.   The pledge, if carried out, would intensify pressure on the Serbs to sign or face NATO airstrikes.

56.   The recent violence has intensified international pressure on the government to establish talks with the opposition.

57.   The rhetoric, a dramatic shift in tone, was meant to intensify pressure on Arafat, White House officials said.

58.   The United States is urgently working to land more clandestine warriors in Afghanistan to intensify pressure on the Taliban, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.

59.   The United States and its allies have intensified pressure on Croatia to abide by the Dayton peace accord for Bosnia and allow the unconditional return of its Serb refugees.

60.   The United States is urgently working to land hundreds more commandos in Afghanistan to intensify pressure on the Taliban, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said.