11.   Bronfman told associates that the moratorium would give the Swiss authorities time to consider whether they wanted to negotiate a global settlement of their many disputes with American Jews.

12.   But precisely at the time this exchange was being negotiated, another apparently unconnected event overwhelmed Swiss authorities just as they thought they had lowered the temperature.

13.   But Swiss authorities confiscated the money this week, saying that it was derived from narcotics trafficking.

14.   But several companies in Switzerland have been crippled by the inquiry because of the frozen accounts and business records confiscated by Swiss authorities in raids earlier this year.

15.   For decades after the war, Swiss authorities and bank officials stonewalled most of the attempts by heirs of the victims to retrieve the money, and no wonder.

16.   In response to pressure from American Jewish groups and politicians, the Swiss authorities have agreed to two inquiries.

17.   In September, Swiss authorities handed over to Pakistani officials evidence that Bhutto may have laundered money and taken kickbacks while in office.

18.   It will be implemented immediately but still must be approved by Swiss authorities before it becomes permanent.

19.   It was written in such a forceful, and blunt, way to make as clear a case as possible to the Swiss authorities.

20.   Jewish groups and Swiss authorities are investigating the flow of property into Switzerland during and before the war.