41.   Where once the discussion focused on the pursuit of history, the Lakers now find themselves pondering much more mundane and immediate goals.

42.   While the round-table discussion focused mostly on regulations and taxes, Horowitz seemed to come for, well, the entertainment.

43.   Yet their behavior becomes more comprehensible when the discussion focuses on parsing presidential lingo.

44.   After meeting with Pangalos, Arafat said his discussions focused on ways Greece and the EU could help rebuild the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

45.   Discussions focused on the current North Korean situation, the Foreign Ministry said.

46.   Discussions likely will focus on products that could help bring the communications and electronic warfare capabilities of European members of NATO closer to those of the United States.

47.   Discussions will focus on conditions and arrangements for the resumption of visits.

48.   Discussion should focus the best ways to improve the garbage collection service, the location of bins and other ways to improve the service.

49.   Discussion Tuesday focused on the future map of Bosnia and who would get what territory, sources close to the talks said.

50.   Discussions focused on concerns that repression in Burma could worsen despite membership, ASEAN officials said.