21.   Iraq precipitated the current standoff by expelling American members of the U.N. arms inspection team in Iraq.

22.   Kuwait is standing alone among Arab nations in allowing the United States to used its territory as a launchpad in the current standoff.

23.   Kuwait is standing alone among Arab nations in allowing the United States to used its territory as a launchpad in the current standoff with Iraq.

24.   Like President Bush in the current standoff, Nixon and his advisers did not want to provoke the Chinese.

25.   The current standoff between Iraq and the United Nations might be related to the U.S. elections, Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Abdel-Meguid said Friday.

26.   The current military standoff between India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir has world leaders fearful of a war on the subcontinent.

27.   The current standoff highlights problems faced by foreign power companies in India and the ongoing demand to free cash-strapped state electricity boards from government regulation.

28.   The role of the media cannot be excluded from the formula that today shapes the current standoff.

29.   The world is divided about a way out of the current standoff between Iraq and the United Nations.

30.   U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, en route to Baghdad, met with French President Jacques Chirac Thursday to discuss his mission to defuse the current standoff with Iraq.