51.   The next step comes Wednesday, when the United States plays Slovakia in the quarterfinals.

52.   The next step may come after President Clinton meets with his foreign policy team today in Washington to discuss the Iraq situation.

53.   The new steps come after two visiting South Carolina men were fatally shot and a St. Thomas man was injured in an attack last Friday.

54.   The next step comes in June when Atlantis actually docks with the orbiting Mir station for a crew swap.

55.   The next step may come after U.S. President Bill Clinton meets with his foreign policy team Monday in Washington to discuss the Iraq situation.

56.   The step came three days after lawyers for the government filed their own appeal.

57.   The steps came on the backdrop of continuing clashes.

58.   The steps toward talks came on the backdrop of continuing clashes around Chechnya on Friday.

59.   The steps came hours after a last-minute breakthrough late Wednesday in a dispute over security issues that had threatened to scuttle the proposed deal.

60.   The tentative steps towards peace come amid an escalation in the fighting on several fronts in recent weeks.