21.   Variations of definitions and standard coding schemes across national boundaries or through time are a particular problem.

22.   United Kingdom will show leadership in financing the consolidation of industries across national boundaries.

23.   MARKETING strategy in Europe is no longer a slave to national boundaries -- a development accelerated by the arrival of the Single Market.

24.   Along this broadening border, a national boundary offers less and less protection from rivals.

25.   And as economic forces blur national boundaries around the world, in nations rich and poor, politics is struggling to keep up.

26.   And like the Internet itself, this cyberwarfare simply ignores national boundaries.

27.   As European banks and corporations burst national boundaries and go global, many are making English the official corporate language.

28.   As troubling, many experts say, the national boundary lines that have defined African countries for a century, and lent some stability, may slowly come apart.

29.   Bacteria, parasites and viruses exploit appropriate ecospheres wherever they find them, regardless of national boundaries.

30.   But huge mergers within national boundaries have also taken place over the last year in Germany, Italy and Belgium.