1.   For the medium term, telecommunications is the key.

2.   For these discussions to take place in an effective manner accurate forecasts are needed over the medium term.

3.   Many traders and economists still believe the dollar is likely to head higher in the medium term.

4.   The only way to defeat inflation in the medium term is to raise productivity substantially.

5.   They could expect to receive a given level of real resources and plan accordingly for the medium term.

6.   This would require political will at the top, informed popular support and preparedness for the short to medium term consequences.

7.   The EC would take on a direct role in defence affairs in the medium term by gradually absorbing the WEU.

8.   More significantly, however, the package departed from recent Republican budgets in that it abandoned any prospect of achieving a balanced budget in the medium term.

9.   Company capital may be viewed as being of three types, short term, medium term and long term.

10.   There has, however, been no easing in the fierceness of the competition, with no improvements in margins expected in the medium term.