31.   Designing a missile shield that could protect against limited attack from erratic states like North Korea, Iran or Iraq is reasonable.

32.   Defense planners on both sides have felt comfortable with lower levels of offensive missiles knowing that they would not have to penetrate a defensive missile shield.

33.   European allies would be informed of American policy changes like the development of a new missile defense shield but not consulted in advance.

34.   European leaders, opposing our missile shield in what they hoped would be a worldwide gang-up against American hegemony, are agape.

35.   Even the broad contours of a compromise over nuclear weapons and a U.S. missile shield could likely emerge.

36.   Furthermore, some expensive budget items are sure to be considered, like prescription drug coverage under Medicare and a missile defense shield.

37.   Gov. George W. Bush has vigorously endorsed proceeding with the missile shield, which was first supported by President Reagan to defend against any threat from the Soviet Union.

38.   Guterres, in a meeting with Clinton, relayed objections to the missile shield from a recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

39.   Gov. George W. Bush wants to consider more robust defensive technologies and hopes to deploy an effective missile shield quickly.

40.   He proposed a broader missile shield to appeal to conservatives and deeper weapons cuts than the Clinton administration has been willing to entertain.