1.   It has also had to adjust as that nation has lurched from heavy state control to a free market economy.

2.   They fear that the nation is lurching recklessly toward a series of giant environmental experiments that could backfire.

3.   This troubled nation lurched toward recovering its pride and a functioning government Sunday as national elections were held for the first time in several years.

4.   But few Chinese today believe their nation would again lurch into the extremism of the Mao Tse-tung era.