31.   It was the first time that Progress engines had been fired for such a long period and tension was palpable as the deorbit entered its critical phase.

32.   Negotiators from both sides said Wednesday the talks had reached a critical phase.

33.   Negotiations are entering a critical phase, with a treaty due by September.

34.   Negotiators from both sides said Wednesday that the talks had reached a critical phase.

35.   Preparing estimates of the items shown in these forecast statements for a future period of five years is the most critical phase.

36.   Russia has passed the most critical phase of its economic crisis, but is far from recovered, Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov acknowledged in an interview being published Wednesday.

37.   Such mutations, he said, can be traced to radiation exposure affecting sperm at a critical phase of its development.

38.   US-YUGOSLAVIA-TALKS, peace talks move into critical phase.

39.   But Mitterrand may well complete a book on the most critical phases of his foreign policy that he had already started.

40.   Corn, which is entering a critical phase of pollination, needs rain and heat, said John Michaelson, a trader at US Commodities.