1.   And the country is a convenient manufacturing base from which to service the Mercosur countries.

2.   For a convenient base of operations there are three pousadas in Estremoz, about a two-hour drive east of Lisbon.

3.   Africa, with its permeable borders and weak legal systems has made it a convenient base for terror activities.

4.   Its long border with Afghanistan makes Pakistan a convenient base for operations, but officials fear a domestic Muslim backlash.

5.   Liberia provided a convenient base for CIA anti-Libya activities, and for the shipment of arms to guerrillas fighting the Soviet-backed government in Angola.

6.   Liberia provided a convenient base for CIA anti-Libya activities and for the shipment of arms to guerrillas fighting the Soviet-backed government in Angola.