21.   Also credited for the turnaround was a decision to scale down public sector capital expenditures while improving tax collection efforts.

22.   British defense officials said the insurgents had handed in hundreds of weapons, including some fairly sophisticated ordnance by Wednesday, the third day of the collection effort.

23.   Chidambaram, the finance minister, admitted collection efforts have been poor.

24.   Collection efforts thus far have been erratic.

25.   Defense Minister Vlado Buckovski suggested a second arms collection effort after Operation Essential Harvest ends within a month.

26.   Defense Minister Vlado Buckovski has suggested a second arms collection effort after Operation Essential Harvest ends, also with NATO involvement.

27.   Defense Minister Vlado Buckovski suggested a second arms collection effort after Essential Harvest ends within a month.

28.   Douglas has stepped up collection efforts since taking office in July.

29.   Kyaw Thein said the nationwide data collection effort would help narrow the disparity between Burmese government estimates and U.S. government projections of opium production in Burma.

30.   Many Russian companies and individuals evade tax, prompting the government to step up collection efforts in recent months.