71.   Arafat warned that Palestinians were prepared to return to the hardships of the years prior to the signing of the Oslo accords.

72.   Fierce fighting between the ANC and Inkatha in KwaZulu-Natal and townships near Johannesburg killed thousands of blacks in the years prior to the April election.

73.   Kowalski said same-store sales for the first two weeks in the second quarter have improved slightly, but remain below the prior year.

74.   Results were also adversely affected by adjustments for the period to the estimates used in prior years for the computation of profits in relation to property development projects.

75.   Sales in dollar terms were unchanged from the prior year, mainly reflecting the weaker Japanese yen.

76.   Slow retail traffic at the mid-tier stores was greater than earlier expected, while sales in key European markets are running below prior year levels, he said.

77.   The Career Achievement Award is given to an artist who has had fame in prior years and had a substantial comeback in the preceding calendar year.

78.   The company expects to step up advertising spending in the second quarter compared to the prior year, and said it should see higher sales of its new products.

79.   The Career Achievement Award is selectively awarded to an individual artist who has had fame in prior years and had a substantial comeback in the preceding calendar year.

80.   The forecast was made in April last year prior to the effective devaluation of the Philippine peso in July.