11.   Recurrent droughts are a sign the region needs long-term planning to assure adequate water supply.

12.   That is the last thing the region needs.

13.   The Europeans understood that the region needs Serbia.

14.   The region needs better wells, water imports or costly new water plants.

15.   The region needs more capitalism or opening of markets, he maintains.

16.   The region desperately needs a hero, and Djukanovic is perhaps the one leader whom the West can rally around.

17.   There is a broad consensus that after the fall of communism, the region needs deeper political integration to hold it together.

18.   This region needs a shot in the arm.

19.   To keep up with millions of expected new residents, the region needs to double its rate of housing permits, experts say.

20.   Walker thinks the metro region needs to slow down and consider the consequences of environmentally irresponsible development.