1.   A diluted trade accord would have only a limited impact on the trade imbalance.

2.   But as history has proven, water accords have a way of evaporating in the political heat of the Golden State.

3.   But the accord has yet to be executed as President Boris Yeltsin defers to nationalists who view loot as reparations.

4.   Experts on the disappeared said they thought that the accord had the potential of finding the whereabouts of half the missing.

5.   First, though, the Wye accords have to be implemented.

6.   In particular, he said, the accord would have to contain some kind of tax credit for families.

7.   In the heavily Catholic Irish Republic, where the accord has overwhelming support, the campaign has never been particularly intense.

8.   The accord also has the advantage of being worked out by the officers in charge of military operations.

9.   The accord had its first major blow just days after it was signed when Mexico devalued its peso.

10.   The accord has also hugely complicated dealing with illegal immigration, a problem now reaching critical proportions throughout Western Europe.