91.   Although Kono is Japanese, the soul-searching that his case has provoked applies to any country with a free press.

92.   Among countries with significant wine consumption, the United States ranks last.

93.   Although plagued by corruption, poverty, and religious and ethnic conflict, Nigeria is considered the country with the greatest economic promise in sub-Saharan Africa.

94.   Among the countries with large numbers of deals are Mexico, China and Israel.

95.   America is a young country with stories to tell.

96.   America, as everyone knows, is the only country with the clout to persuade others to follow its lead.

97.   American oil companies deal extensively with Nigeria, and what America thinks should matter very much to the military strong men who rule the country with an iron fist.

98.   American workers should be free to spend the day celebrating this country with their families.

99.   Among countries with the most vicious records is the one that the West courts most lustfully, China.

100.   An appreciating currency in a country with a voracious appetite for things foreign is unnatural.