41.   Clinton carefully avoided direct reference to the disputes that remain, opting instead to encourage the parties to continue pursuing compromise because that is what their people want.

42.   Chirac, mayor of Paris, expressed his indignation without making a direct reference to Le Pen.

43.   During deliberations, the council agreed to drop a German proposal to include a direct reference to the U.N. war crimes tribunal.

44.   Following diplomatic practice Hu never named the United States, but his direct reference to U.S. plans left no doubt that he was talking about the Bush administration.

45.   For a long time the Ministry of Education refused to allow any direct references to this scandal in history textbooks, but it finally bowed to international pressure.

46.   For years, Northeast Asian countries, particularly South Korea, have been discussed and deliberated on without direct reference to Southeast Asia.

47.   Fox himself has avoided direct reference to the current flap, but his Cabinet ministers have had plenty to say.

48.   He also made no direct reference to specific groups behind the attacks, and did not suggest any new measures to combat terror.

49.   He also made no direct reference to specific groups behind the terror attacks.

50.   He made no direct reference to Saddam Hussein.