41.   Texas moderate leaders discounted subtle threats by conservative pastors that some churches may not contribute money to the state and will send contributions directly to the national convention.

42.   The dispute underscores the power struggle between the hardliners based in Pale and more moderate Bosnian Serb leaders in Banja Luka.

43.   The field also includes a moderate Islamic leader, Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi.

44.   The election was crucial to Western hopes of replacing hard-line nationalist politicians with moderate leaders.

45.   The moderate Protestant leader David Trimble overcame the blocking tactics of hard-line Protestant opponents on Tuesday and was re-elected first minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

46.   The new order in the Middle East puts Peres, Arafat and moderate Arab leaders like President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and King Hussein of Jordan on one side.

47.   The world was pleased by the victory of the party of the moderate Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova.

48.   They argued that the moderate Arab leaders have been supportive of their proposal and would continue to shore up Arafat if the meeting went ahead.

49.   They elected Aslan Maskhadov, a moderate leader who seems capable of handling the difficult work of sealing some form of separation from Russia.

50.   This is a critical moment for moderate Arab leaders to try to restore calm between Palestinians and Israelis.