81.   Steel plants and mineral mines have stalled since the collapse of the Soviet system that built and subsidized them.

82.   That rebellion, stalled since January by a cease-fire, is one of the toughest problems facing the new president.

83.   That rebellion, stalled since January by a cease-fire, is one of the toughest problems unresolved.

84.   Syrian-Israeli peace talks have been stalled since January.

85.   Talks between Israel and Syria have been stalled since last spring, and relations between the two countries have deteriorated since Netanyahu took office in June.

86.   Talks between Israel and Syria have stalled since January.

87.   Talks between Israel and Syria, however, have stalled since January.

88.   The Arab-Israeli peace process has stalled since the election of the hard-line Benjamin Netanyahu as Israeli prime minister in May.

89.   The Arab-Israeli peace process has stalled since the election of the hard-line Benjamin Netanyahu as Israeli prime minister last May.

90.   The auction of the first petrochemical plants, at a Gulf Coast complex known as Cosoleacaque, has been stalled since last spring.