51.   In Beni, Zairian Red Cross officials struggled to keep the hospital operating and to collect corpses left by fighting last week.

52.   In Palm Beach County, officials struggled to resolve conflicting legal opinions before deciding whether to resume a hand recount.

53.   Japanese officials struggled Wednesday to get rescue efforts into high gear amid growing criticism over a slow start in helping the victims of a devastating earthquake.

54.   Many people spent a second night in darkness as officials struggled to restore electricity to much of Yugoslavia after NATO targeted two major power grids.

55.   Officials also were struggling to find a formula to release an unknown number of people who have been arrested since the Dayton peace accord went into effect.

56.   Often, the brightest students are doing the mischief, and school officials are struggling with how to discipline them.

57.   Prison officials initially struggled to recruit guards for the unit because of fears of contracting AIDS.

58.   Salt Lake officials are struggling to raise money in the wake of a gifts-for-votes bidding scandal that surfaced last fall.

59.   The county stands to benefit enormously from the influx of wealth, Mary Bradford said, even if officials are struggling to achieve a balance between tradition and development.

60.   With armed gangs dominating much of anarchic Albania, officials struggled Wednesday to find a strategy to get humanitarian aid past the thugs and to the needy and terrorized.