21.   President Clinton and Labor Secretary Alexis Herman played a constructive role in pushing for a settlement of a strike that had begun to hurt many businesses.

22.   Russia could play a major constructive role in this process, whose resumption is indispensable if we are not to slip into another Cold War.

23.   Secretary of State Colin Powell and the U.S. ambassador in Beijing, Adm. Joseph Prueher, played an especially constructive role in composing the U.S. response.

24.   Senators will not play a constructive role if they intervene in day-to-day diplomatic issues that must be left to the president and the secretary of state.

25.   So far, Saudi Arabia has played a constructive role in the Arab-Israeli standoff.

26.   The Clinton administration has played a constructive role in bringing two suspicious countries together.

27.   The mainstream press, even leaving aside political considerations, could play a more constructive role.

28.   The Irish government, which has played a constructive role in nudging the peace process along, has encouraged the British government to take a broader approach.

29.   The White House should be working behind the scenes to encourage a constructive Russian role.

30.   There have not been such steps as would cross the threshold of damage to our ability to perform a constructive role.