51.   They are actively preparing contingency plans to keep vital operations going as best as they can if and when problems arise.

52.   U.S. Special Forces units have also trained repeatedly for a proposed operation to go into Afghanistan to capture bin Laden.

53.   But they said the operations went badly, and that some of their Chechen allies did not know how to use guns and fled.

54.   Chernomyrdin called President Clinton on Tuesday to report that the operation had gone well and Yeltsin was doing well, the White House said.

55.   Commanders predicted the operation would go smoothly.

56.   Dr. Yevgeny Chazov, the head of the cardiological center, said the operation went better than expected.

57.   Doctors were watching for possible infections and organ rejection, but the operations all went smoothly.

58.   Even with the glitch, flight controllers said they were pleased with how smoothly the mission and station operations have gone.

59.   Foul weather has caused several delays in the preparations, though officials insist the operation will go as scheduled.

60.   Generator-powered floodlights would allow rescue operations to go on through the night.