21.   Internal Kurdish politics also further cloud the picture.

22.   Takahashi said that the impact of the strong yen is still clouding the picture for industrial production.

23.   Unemployment clouded the picture.

24.   Yet, the unity picture is clouded by deep divisions among Democrats over Republican welfare legislation that Clinton signed.

25.   An Asian banker said political factors clouded the picture this year.

26.   Either way, outsiders such as Canadian spirits maker Seagram, which just bought MCA studios, could cloud the picture at any moment.