11.   One reason is that Tufo has carefully avoided talk of condemning private property, even though private ownership clouds prospects for an uninterrupted hiking trail.

12.   Other differences over funding levels for social programs have clouded prospects the Republican-led Congress and the administration will agree on the measure.

13.   The change envisioned by Chavez has further clouded the prospects for foreign oil companies operating in Venezuela.

14.   The government may cloud prospects further for the large food retailers.

15.   Their reemployment prospects are clouded by moves at other Japanese brokerages to shed workers.

16.   Today, unemployment is high in eastern states and prospects are clouded.

17.   U.S. stocks are expected to open lower as the budget impasse in Washington dragged on, clouding prospects for an interest rate cut.

18.   U.S. bonds slipped amid Treasury note sales and a jump in consumer confidence that clouded prospects the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates anytime soon.

19.   U.S. bonds, meanwhile, fell amid Treasury note sales and a jump in consumer confidence that clouded prospects the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates anytime soon.

20.   Treasury securities initially fell after the government reported a gain in manufacturing jobs that some analysts said clouded prospects the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates anytime soon.