111.   Russia says the sanctions have cost it billions of dollars and has long been pushing for their end.

112.   Russia was a key Iraqi trading partner before the Gulf War and says the sanctions have cost it billions of dollars.

113.   Supplying the Russian army, sheltering refugees and rebuilding the battered, bombed-out region could cost billions of dollars Russia can ill afford.

114.   The Clinton administration is shutting down a new kind of corporate tax shelter, continuing attacks on tax schemes the government contends are costing it billions in lost revenue.

115.   Those mishaps have thrown the entire aerospace program into doubt and cost billions of dollars.

116.   Those mishaps have cost billions of dollars and thrown the entire aerospace program into doubt.

117.   U.S. companies such as Nintendo and software giant Microsoft Corp. have long complained of pirated products that they say have cost them billions of dollars in sales.

118.   Yeltsin on Tuesday praised the Balkan accord and said it was now time to end United Nations sanctions, which Russia says have cost it billions of dollars.

119.   With its potentially explosive liquid sodium coolant, taking apart Superphenix is a harrowing operation that will likely cost billions of dollars and take more than a decade.

120.   Critics, however, say it looks a bit like a circus tent that costs billions of dollars.