31.   While tourism, the military and other industries help diversify the economy, land-rich families still hold the reins of power.

32.   Wonderful, I said, silently praising the courageous entrepreneurs who keep the economy diversified and the job market hopping when the big guys start laying off.

33.   Prime Minister Denzil Douglas outlined plans to diversify the economy of his twin-island nation and overcome its serious debt burden.

34.   A strong life sciences niche would also help Singapore diversify its economy, which relies heavily on electronics and may suffer under a global slowdown in electronics demand.

35.   But he laid out extensive plans to diversify the economy and pledged more funding to promote high-tech industries.

36.   But Cuba has diversified its economy somewhat since losing its former communist financial partners and preferential trade with the collapse of the former Soviet Union a decade ago.

37.   But economists uniformly urge the Saudis to press on with diversifying their economy, before the next oil slide.

38.   Debt relief was also helping the country diversify the economy, Mwnawasa said.

39.   Faced with lower income from oil, Kuwait is trying to diversify its economy and revitalize its private sector.

40.   It provided jobs, helped diversify the economy away from primary commodities, helped increase income, transfer technology and provided stability.