11.   But economic distress remains widespread compared with that of the rest of the nation, and more economic engines like Pikeville are needed in the region, Kiernan said.

12.   But the leading Republican contender, George W. Bush, is also neatly positioned to capitalize on Clinton-Gore economic distress.

13.   But they did not defuse criticism that the European bank had been too slow and too rigid in responding to deepening signs of economic distress.

14.   But they failed to defuse criticism that the European Central Bank has been too slow and too rigid in responding to the deepening signs of economic distress in Europe.

15.   Colorado Springs has certainly not escaped economic distress.

16.   Dominicans are hardly alone at this intersection of single motherhood and economic distress.

17.   EGYPT -- Terror and economic distress.

18.   Economic distress among Palestinians is the greater because international donors have not kept their promises to help the new Authority.

19.   Everybody wants Washington to pay attention to the major problems of wars, nuclear risks and economic distress that are confronting the world.

20.   For all the ill will toward hedge funds, people here acknowledge that foreign investment funds are not the root cause of their economic distress.