31.   The airline, which leases aircraft for its North American routes, has suffered a string of problems in the last year.

32.   The city already had suffered a string of attacks by another man accused of setting off bombs in a movie theater, a bus and near a shopping center.

33.   The death toll has prompted intense criticism of the Colombian army, which in recent months has suffered a string of humiliating defeats at rebel hands.

34.   The company has suffered a string of complaints, sparking strikes and a protest march to the U.S. Embassy.

35.   The hard-liners have suffered a string of crushing defeats against supporters of moderate President Mohammad Khatami, a middle-ranking cleric who was elected two years ago.

36.   The militants have suffered a string of losses to Serb forces in the past several weeks.

37.   The Mir has suffered a string of breakdowns in recent months, but both the Russians and Americans insist it remains safe.

38.   The Woomera camp, a former missile testing base in the vast Australian Outback, has suffered a string of riots and break-outs in the past year.

39.   They have suffered a string of deadly fires blamed on inadequate equipment and safety procedures.

40.   UNITA, the Portuguese acronym for the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, agreed to the cease-fire in November after suffering a string of military disasters.