41.   At a delicate juncture in the Middle East peace effort, Helms temporarily blocked financial assistance to the Palestinians.

42.   At the meeting there was fundamental agreement on the need to act and save the peace effort, but differences over tactics.

43.   At the same time, Barak may be trying to show some support for the settlers to keep his coalition government behind him on the peace effort.

44.   At the very least, the maneuver could make peace efforts slower and more complicated.

45.   At times Clinton has seemed poised to grant some form of clemency, as a gesture to promote the Middle East peace effort.

46.   At this low point for peace efforts, it might be impossible for a Palestinian to campaign in favor of a peace agreement.

47.   Barak could face the endgame of the peace effort and the endgame of his year-old government at almost the same time.

48.   Barak had aspired not to copy it because he felt it was divisive and undermined the peace effort.

49.   Barak needs Shas as his ally going into a national vote on his peace efforts.

50.   Bosnian Serb politicians stubbornly defied peace efforts and united behind their nationalist leader, Radovan Karadzic.