1.   In a sign of the newly conciliatory mood between the North and South, the ceremonies were scaled back from their original plan.

2.   That prayer ceremony was also scaled back because of rough seas.

3.   The inauguration ceremony was scaled back at the last moment as aides said Yeltsin would be starting a long vacation after being sworn in.

4.   The inauguration ceremony was scaled back in recent days and aides said Yeltsin would be starting a long vacation after being sworn in.

5.   The inauguration ceremony was scaled back at the last moment and aides said Yeltsin would be starting a long vacation after being sworn in.

6.   The ceremony was scaled down following a court ban and appeals from the government which feared the event could trigger further sectarian violence.