21.   Maybe richer countries will start hiring away entire armies.

22.   Now classified as a richer country, China will have to compete for loans at interest rates closer to what commercial banks charge.

23.   Not everything novel comes from the West, even if most of these now-universal fashions were first popularized in richer Western countries.

24.   Now that a cheaper strategy has been shown to prevent infant AIDS in poorer nations, the pressure is on richer countries to deliver it.

25.   Opposition in richer countries to genetically modified crops may set back the ability of the poorest nations to feed growing populations, according to a new U.N. survey.

26.   Over the last half-century, the United States has become a far richer country, yet the nation as a whole describes itself as no happier.

27.   Some changes may be sought in richer countries, including the United States, although most victims of unethical practices are in developing nations.

28.   The popularity of the practice puts the Philippines at the forefront of wireless Internet usage, well ahead of much richer countries.

29.   The populations of the richer countries will remain stagnant or even decline.

30.   The richer countries promised to launch a public-private sector program to help the poor get more access to computers and the benefits of the rapidly evolving technology.