91.   That has undermined consumer confidence and led to lower sales for many life insurance companies.

92.   The challenge for Mexico is to keep the peso weak enough to spur exports while avoiding a sudden plunge that would undermine confidence.

93.   The Colombian economy has slowed as allegations President Ernesto Samper accepted illegal campaign financing have undermined consumer confidence.

94.   The deadlock between Clinton and congressional Republicans has shut down the government since Saturday for a second time this year, undermining confidence in the U.S.

95.   The FBI is also reeling, though, from a series of blows that some say have undermined public confidence in the agency.

96.   The escalation of violence in the Middle East is undermining investor confidence that the recovering economy will lead to higher stock prices.

97.   The fact is, special interests distort our political process and undermine public confidence.

98.   The essence of the problem, say observers, is massive misallocations of capital that undermined investment confidence in these countries.

99.   The fear among Japanese officials is that a continued slide in the yen undermines global confidence in Japanese assets, particularly stock values.

100.   The fact that the administration drew them that way should undermine confidence in its self-restraint.