71.   According to the Taiwanese defense ministry, bad weather has hampered the Chinese drills, involving the navy, air force and army.

72.   Bad weather has hampered rescue operations in some areas, Haasbroek said.

73.   Bad weather hampered coast guard efforts to use sonar to locate the wreck, Tiilikainen said, but new efforts would be made on Friday.

74.   Bad weather hampered coordinated attacks from the air, they added.

75.   Bad weather has been hampering world-class sports events here at the main Alpine skiing venue for the Nagano Olympics in the Japanese Alps region.

76.   Bad weather has hampered previous rescue efforts.

77.   There were no details available on attack plans, although the poor weather would especially hamper airstrikes.

78.   Tomahawks are known as extremely accurate and, unlike aircraft, not hampered by weather.

79.   NATO commanders have acknowledged that poor weather hampered the bombing operation throughout Wednesday.

80.   NATO planes were called to take action Sunday against the Serb heavy guns but bad weather hampered the operation which was called off early evening.