1.   Clinton has vowed to assist the beleaguered Boris Yeltsin as he struggles to pull Russia out of the mire caused by decades of hardline Communist rule.

2.   Beryllium dust has been known for decades to cause beryllium disease, a potentially fatal lung disease -- something Rocketdyne said it was aware of and took precautions against.

3.   His trip to Cuba this week is a further effort to support Cardinal Jaime Ortega of Havana as he tries to repair damage caused by decades of political repression.

4.   Nothing can make up fully for the delay caused by decades of fitful cooperation between the FBI and local law enforcement.

5.   The emergency aid now pouring into the country is specifically meant to relieve pressures caused by decades of war and years of drought.

6.   The U.N. report links the increase in narcotics production in Afghanistan with the economic, political and social collapse caused by decades of civil war.

7.   The ownership disputes are typical of the difficulties caused by decades of silence in Austria about its World War II past.