1.   Local businesses have been buffeted by the troubled economy.

2.   The already hot, dry countries of the world tend to be the ones with poor crop production and troubled economies.

3.   ...an aid programme to bolster up their troubled economy.

4.   They are trying to deflect attention from the troubled economy.

5.   American officials had been concerned that Asian nations would be unwilling to take steps to open their markets and expose their troubled economies to more competition.

6.   Among U.S. banks, Chase Manhattan, Citicorp, J.P. Morgan, BankAmerica and Bankers Trust have the greatest exposure to the most troubled Southeast Asian economies.

7.   Analysts caution businesses in those countries which could cut prices for goods produced to attract dollars and stabilize their troubled economies.

8.   And even then it is not clear that the troubled Japanese economy will still be expanding.

9.   And Victor Fung, chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, said the troubled Asian economies would use exports to climb out of recession.

10.   As a political matter, though, the troubled economy is just moving front and center.