51.   Now, many fear that rationing could plunge the country into recession and cause widespread layoffs.

52.   President Melchior Ndadaye was assassinated three months later, plunging the country into ethnic and political violence.

53.   President Melchior Ndadaye was assassinated three months later, plunging the country into ethnic violence.

54.   Salinas has been widely blamed for the devaluation of the peso, which plunged the country into recession three weeks after he left office one year ago.

55.   Shortly afterward, Aidid and Ali Mahdi began fighting for control, plunging the country into a civil war that caused widespread famine.

56.   Socialist Party leaders attempted to pick a new prime minister Wednesday, hoping to end an intra-party dispute that has plunged the country into a political crisis.

57.   Socialist Party leaders picked a new prime minister Wednesday, hoping to end an intra-party dispute that has plunged the country into a political crisis.

58.   Socialist Party leaders attempted to pick a new prime minister Wednesday, hoping to end an intra-party dispute which has plunged the country into a political crisis.

59.   Some even say rationing could plunge the country into recession.

60.   The allegations have plunged the country into its worst political crisis in at least a decade and badly hurt financial markets.