31.   Meanwhile, Macedonian authorities accused NATO and Western officials of siding with the rebels, dimming prospects for the peace talks.

32.   Rising oil prices could dim the prospects for world economic growth, and not even oil exporters are immune, a top economist of the International Montary Fund said.

33.   That move would dim peace prospects even further since Likud opposes concessions to the Palestinians.

34.   The delayed introduction of the Voyager dims the prospect for the major U.S. maker to achieve its sales target in the Japanese market for this year.

35.   The decision took Israel by surprise and further dimmed prospects for a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

36.   The latest violence dimmed prospects for a resumption of truce talks between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.

37.   The rebel Revolutionary United Front leader, Foday Sankoh, however, appeared to dim the prospects for an early deal during a British Broadcasting Corporation interview Monday.

38.   The reopening dimmed the prospects of a meeting soon between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

39.   The violence quickly spread to Jerusalem neighborhoods and the West Bank, further dimming prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty.

40.   Those arguments dimmed prospects that Clinton would succeed in the few days he will be in New York with the two leaders.