1.   Ikea even buys most of its sites rather than leasing, a commitment that few retailers are willing to make.

2.   Or will they progressively scale back protections on the possibly pious theory that being more stingy will make the poor more self-sufficient?

3.   That Lewinsky was about their age would only make the revelation harder to digest, they said.

4.   The docile mass media, for their part, are now only too willing to make their new bosses happy.

5.   It was uncertain, however, whether Mobutu was willing to make any concessions to move peace talks out of their current stalemate.