41.   The alliance offered deep cuts in its ceilings for conventional weapons in Western Europe, while freezing weapons ceilings in Central Europe, which would include new member nations.

42.   The Air Force Air Combat Command said the six bombers would carry only conventional weapons.

43.   The assumption is that helping Pakistan upgrade its conventional weapons capability would convince it to freeze its nuclear program.

44.   The first steps in executing a new international agreement to control trade in conventional weapons have been slowed by Russia, which wants to limit the agreement.

45.   The new Pentagon report, in fact, says that non-nuclear conventional weapons are becoming an increasingly important element of the Pentagon arsenal.

46.   The organization has been largely ineffective at stopping any transfers of conventional weapons.

47.   The new Pentagon report, in fact, finds that non-nuclear conventional weapons are becoming an increasingly important element of the Pentagon arsenal.

48.   The problem is that by far the biggest market for conventional weapons is in developing countries that can scarcely afford large expenditures on arms.

49.   The other is that money spent on conventional weapons be used primarily to build on familiar technologies rather than to invent a new generation of weapons systems.

50.   The submarine was sunk, Tsuneishi says, and the Japanese troops had to rely on conventional weapons alone.