21.   European and Japanese leaders seek a stronger dollar to make their exports more competitive and boost their ailing economies.

22.   Foreign economic problems have hit U.S. manufacturers particularly hard as troubled countries have curbed imports while stepping up exports to America to rejuvenate their ailing economies.

23.   Galbraith would like to see the federal government get more involved in helping the ailing economy.

24.   Government intervention -- or the absence of it -- could also play a role in the future of some ailing European economies.

25.   Hans-Juergen Krupp, a member of the Bundesbank council, said a stronger U.S. currency might be more appropriate for the ailing German economy by boosting exports.

26.   He is clearly enjoying his role here as a powerful American president shoring up an ailing Japanese economy.

27.   He may outline the next step in the anti-terrorism campaign as well as provide his blueprint for dealing with the ailing economy.

28.   However, analysts are skeptical that a debt-financed income tax cut will put much life into the ailing economy.

29.   However, looking ahead, Bogucki-Storms said the company will have to take an aggressive marketing stance to stay afloat in an ailing economy.

30.   In another turn toward the past, Lukashenko has sought to prop up his ailing economy by cementing a confederation with Russia.