41.   On Monday, a two-week preparatory commission meeting begins at the United Nations.

42.   On Tuesday, annual meetings begin at the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

43.   President Bill Clinton and the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, and the U.K. arrive Thursday, when the meetings begin.

44.   Qian, officials said, repeated that statement almost verbatim when the private meeting began.

45.   That has made for some unhappy CBS station managers, who will make their feelings known when the meeting begins on Wednesday.

46.   The annual meeting of Comdex begins.

47.   The Camp David meetings begin next Tuesday and could run anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, with President Clinton participating on a regular basis.

48.   The closed-door meetings began six months later in Beijing and have since alternated between the two countries.

49.   The German central bank later today will hold its last policy-setting meeting before beginning a four-week summer recess.

50.   The Geneva meetings could begin as early as Tuesday, the officials said.