21.   Myanmar says it wants sanctions lifted, and some concessions to Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy might prove enough to lessen international pressure.

22.   Recent strong showings by Real Madrid have lessened the pressure brought on by the sparkling play of crosstown rival Atletico.

23.   Such a move had been requested by Gonesse residents to lessen pressure on the Charles de Gaulle airport.

24.   That lessened pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates at its next policy meeting in May.

25.   The independent Dnevni Telegraf daily said Milosevic hoped to lessen international pressure by conceding defeats in less important communities.

26.   The partial flotation enables the bank to control the rising flow of hard currency reserves and that will lessen inflationary pressure, Gronkiewicz said.

27.   This, in turn, would lessen pressures for U.S. military intervention, the report said.

28.   The province was renamed Papua in December under an autonomy law designed to lessen pressure for independence.

29.   The province was renamed Papua this month under an autonomy law designed to lessen pressure for independence.