61.   Chernomyrdin, in a scripted interview with journalists, pledged to keep the ruble convertible, shore up the wobbly banking system and protect depositors.

62.   Collins and Jordan are trying to change a losing mentality and shore up a disappointing defense.

63.   Dealers said rupiah trading was relatively thin as most operators feared that the central bank would carry out massive intervention to further shore up the rupiah.

64.   Heavy machinery moved in to help shore up the unstable hillside and wreckage.

65.   He said the religious militia was now pausing to build bunkers and shore up defenses.

66.   Hyundai Electronics Co. temporarily stopped making computer memory chips Wednesday to help ease a global supply glut and shore up falling chip prices.

67.   In addition to lowering interest rates, the government announced tax cuts for commercial banks to help them shore up profits and write off bad loans.

68.   It would possibly help shore up his authority to mediate major disputes throughout the world.

69.   Oil-producing countries should cut back production significantly to help shore up weak world oil prices, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said Friday.

70.   Political turmoil has undermined attempts by most ECO member states to attract foreign investment and shore up their economies, most of which are struggling.