111.   The first three yachts appeared to have escaped the high pressure system which was slowing the progress of the other six boats.

112.   The version approved by the House committee included an amendment that has slowed progress.

113.   There is no cure, but drugs can slow the progress of the disease and ease symptoms.

114.   There is no treatment for the disease, although scientists are working on finding drugs to slow its progress.

115.   To wrest concessions on Taiwan, China might slow recent progress on military relations and discussions of differences over human rights, according to Chinese and Western scholars.

116.   Though progress has been slowed by mutual suspicions, the continuing cease-fires observed by the IRA and outlawed pro-British groups have helped keep the process alive.

117.   Two other federal convoys were approaching the city center from the north and south, but their progress was slowed by rebel mines and fighting.

118.   Weekend rainfall was heavier than traders expected, slowing progress on fieldwork that was already behind schedule.

119.   Washington agreed last February to the opening of offices, but differences over the status of diplomatic properties abandoned after the war slowed progress.

120.   With differences slowing progress, the agreement came in a last-minute meeting before the Japanese delegation left Pyongyang, Kyodo said.