21.   But if Yeltsin has a combined military and political strategy to achieve peace, it is not clear.

22.   But the ghosts of the Patriotic Union are themselves a silent argument for skepticism about any efforts to achieve peace.

23.   But the importance of achieving Mideast peace should transcend personality or partisanship.

24.   But to achieve civil peace, it will have to be clear that the ethnic Albanians are fully protected, and for that the former police must go.

25.   But without the vision of a viable Palestinian state and an end to the military occupation that has lost any shred of legitimacy, peace cannot be achieved.

26.   Clinton has invested seven years of his presidency in laborious efforts to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

27.   Chirac conceded the leading role to the United States but asserted that France had helped the Americans achieve peace.

28.   Despite their skepticism regarding the possibility of achieving peace, Israelis know that there is no military solution to the conflict.

29.   Entire villages have vanished, making it all but impossible to return quickly even if peace is achieved.

30.   Erekat said that tough decisions are needed to maintain the cease-fire in the coming days and would reveal whether Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was serious about achieving peace.