61.   By early February, there was strong international pressure for sending Annan to Baghdad, but the administration initially urged him not to go.

62.   Calls are growing for increased international pressure to try and thwart such a disaster, which would threaten the stability of all of western Africa.

63.   By then, international pressure and public discomfort with the idea of their use made them obsolete for a superpower.

64.   Certainly international pressure for a presidential response of some kind will intensify after the meetings with Mubarak and Sharon.

65.   Chiefly as a result of growing international pressure, there have been a number of recent attempts to break such ties.

66.   Covic is hoping that international pressure will coax Albanian political leaders, including those with ties to the armed rebels, into negotiations within days.

67.   Despite such international pressure, few diplomats are sure if the Macedonians will do enough in time to defuse the Albanian rebellion.

68.   Despite weeks of international diplomatic pressure to do so, the Lebanese pointedly did not put their forces on the border when they finally sent them in on Wednesday.

69.   Despite international pressure, few have been able to return home.

70.   Diplomats said the renewed fighting and the intense international pressure persuaded Ghanaian officials to recall the ship and allow its passengers to debark.