11.   All EU nations need to submit plans to the commission and other EU finance ministers to see whether they are credible.

12.   But he said the nation needed a more dramatic change than Clinton is proposing.

13.   But even those favoring auctions -- indeed, even a few Amex governors -- have wondered aloud whether the nation needs two auction-style exchanges.

14.   But in time, they could also win back foreign capital, spurring the economy and raising the currency reserves the nations need to pay their overseas debts.

15.   But the real question facing the Williams communications operation is not how much management attention it receives but whether the nation needs another high-speed communications network.

16.   But they only clapped once, when he said rich nations needed to do more to help the debt-ridden developing world.

17.   But they said the nation still needs to build thousands of new power plants, no matter how well energy is used.

18.   But with war increasingly fought in villages instead of battlefields, more nations need to find abducted children and connect them to their families.

19.   But, businesslike oratory aside, congressional Republicans say AmeriCorps is just another government program at a time the nation needs less of them.

20.   Clearly, the richer nations need to offer more debt relief if the poorer nations are to evolve into significant markets for their goods and services.