21.   But there is no denying that the Serbian leader inflicted serious damage on himself by denying the Zajedno coalition its relatively harmless election successes.

22.   But the Croatian president also believes that only the departure of the U.N. troops will oblige the Serbian leader to do so.

23.   But there are worrisome signs that the West might make unnecessary concessions to get the cooperation of the Serbian leader, Slobodan Milosevic.

24.   But they say it does call for computer attacks on foreign bank accounts held by Milosevic and other Serbian leaders, such as draining assets or altering banking records.

25.   Clinton, for the moment, has a renewed commitment from Slobodan Milosevic, the Serbian leader, to sideline Karadzic.

26.   During the Bosnian war, Tudjman was customarily treated as one of the good fellows, at least by comparison with Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic and the Bosnian Serbs.

27.   Finally, on Friday, the Serbian leader was offered natural gas to heat homes for a two-month trial period.

28.   For now, however, Sadic said there is no contact with Serbian leaders in the area.

29.   For a Serbian leader to accept NATO jet fighters patrolling over the sacred ground of Kosovo is an unusual act of pragmatism over principle.

30.   For Dayton, Holbrooke had softened up Milosevic for months in advance and had sensed that the Serbian leader wanted a deal.