101.   In the current climate in the West, few expect large new infusions of aid to countries like Mali.

102.   In the current climate, Congress is unlikely to provide the money needed for judicial hiring and budgets to keep pace with rising case loads.

103.   In the current climate, government inflation reports due out this Thursday and Friday will get more scrutiny than usual, say analysts.

104.   In the current climate, issues that might have created small ripples have gotten far more attention from the media and politicians.

105.   In the current climate, that feeling, common to many Arab-Americans, is a chilling source of pan-Arab-American unity.

106.   In the current climate, the environment is taking a back seat to economic recovery.

107.   In the current climate, transition has become something of a dirty word.

108.   In the current climate, Wall Street frequently likes bank merger announcements, but this time analysts seemed miffed at being caught off-guard.

109.   In the current political climate, however, a political solution to the self-destructive California law hardly seems possible.

110.   In the current political climate, neither Social Security payments nor military expenditures can be cut, and taxes cannot be raised.