21.   It is not clear whether Clinton and other Americans were expecting Japan to announce a major new effort to bolster the economy.

22.   Japan wants a stronger dollar to make its exports more competitive and to bolster its economy, only now beginning to recover from a long slump.

23.   Japan wants a stronger dollar to make its exports more competitive and to bolster its economy, which is only now recovering from a nearly five-year slump.

24.   Japanese bonds rose as investors bet the arrests and Diet boycott would stall approval of the legislation to bolster the economy.

25.   Kemp urged the committee to save Social Security by cutting taxes to bolster the economy and by letting people create individual investment accounts.

26.   Japanese government officials, previously so quick to bolster the economy whenever it appeared to flag, are helpless, Basle says.

27.   Japanese stocks rose as optimism the government will deliver measures to bolster the economy and financial system overwhelmed fallout from a bribery scandal allegedly involving leading banks.

28.   Moreover, opening financial services will bolster the economies of Southeast Asia and not harm them, he said.

29.   President Clinton said Tuesday he and other Pacific Rim leaders will work to bolster Asian economies when they meet next week to discuss broad trade agreements.

30.   Recently, the Korean government has moved to bolster the economy by closing insolvent Korean companies, overhauling the banking industry and opening Korean firms to foreign ownership.