11.   Costa Ricans who blame the president for ruining the economy have chosen a conservative economist from the main opposition party as their next president.

12.   Japan has repeatedly protested that the high yen will ruin its economy by destroying exporters, and bring down the rest of the world economy in turn.

13.   Labor argues that too much government spending will ruin the economy, and leave future generations struggling when oil reserves run out sometime in the next century.

14.   Mrs. Zia blamed the opposition for ruining the economy.

15.   Palestinians charge that the restrictions, which have ruined their economy, are collective punishment and pressure.

16.   Palestinians complain that the Israeli roadblocks and travel restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are collective punishment that has ruined their economy.

17.   The ban on oil sales, its economic mainstay, has ruined the economy and impoverished its once-sizable middle class.

18.   The economy has been ruined by mismanagement and economic sanctions imposed for his support of Serb rebels in Croatia and Bosnia.

19.   The reformist center-right government on Monday survived a vote of no-confidence sought by leftists and nationalists who accused it of ruining the economy.

20.   The Palestinians counter that Israel is to blame for the unrest because of harsh restrictions on the Palestinians, ruining their economy.