31.   Thurmond and Spence undoubtedly will work to prevent additional losses to the state, but how much influence they will have at this point is questionable.

32.   To continue his victim, she said, an abuser also will work to prevent her from ending the relationship.

33.   Until recently, it was the Palestinians who spoke of unilaterally declaring a state, and Bush officials who worked to prevent that.

34.   Washington must also keep working to prevent such potential nuclear powers as Iran, Iraq and North Korea from moving ahead toward their own nuclear tests.

35.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Saturday that his security forces were working to prevent Muslim militants from carrying out attacks in Israel.

36.   Pledging to keep working to prevent sexual abuse by priests, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed regret to children victimized in the past.

37.   After a decade of fighting inflation it was possible that in the next year or two the central bank would be working to prevent it going below zero.

38.   Although Bosnia is far from a unified state, Western powers have worked to prevent the division of the country into three parts.

39.   All of those infected are reported to be in a satisfactory condition and sanitary officials are working to prevent the virus from further spreading, it said.

40.   Among other recommendations, the report called for more money and power for the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. body whose inspectors work to prevent nuclear proliferation.