11.   Most fans seemed to take the delay in stride, appreciative of the security concerns gripping the country.

12.   Nevertheless, they maintained firm English upper lips to hide their share of the high anxiety that now grips the country.

13.   No one knows when it might careen downward, wiping out the surplus and bringing an end to the euphoria that now grips the country.

14.   Only Slovenia has lifted itself out of the morass that grips the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

15.   Some analysts expect modest but important changes in the years ahead, partly out of desperation because of the hunger and economic catastrophe that grips the country.

16.   That puts more Chilean corporate earnings than ever at stake if a crisis grips the country.

17.   The country was gripped by panic last year when Suharto traveled to Germany for a still-unexplained medical checkup.

18.   The dramatic departure of Alberto Dahik, who resigned as vice president last week, has gripped this country like no soap opera ever could.

19.   The current portrayal of him in society speaks legions about the intellectual and political distortions that grip the country.

20.   The rupiah went into a free-fall after the news, as investors fretted Habibie could prove an obstacle to dealing with the economic problems gripping the country.