41.   The airline said it hoped the admission of negligence would help achieve a speedy resolution of pending compensatory damage claims.

42.   The decision, expected to be announced Tuesday at a U.S. District Court hearing, spoils hopes by Microsoft and the Bush administration for a speedy resolution.

43.   The United States can carefully prod but it cannot pressure for a speedy resolution of this intractable problem.

44.   Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou has said he hopes for a speedy resolution to the matter.

45.   Banks, pressing for speedy resolution to a festering image problem sparked off by allegations of Swiss anti-semitism, are not prepared to wait that long.

46.   Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing in June painted a grim picture of the education sector, ruling out any speedy resolution of its chronic funding woes.

47.   The New York-based rating agency said the lack of a speedy resolution to the problem was breeding uncertainty among investors worldwide.

48.   The battle-weariness of combattants therefore offers Monrovia its best chance for a speedy peaceful resolution.

49.   The governors also expressed their determination to seek a speedy resolution of the banking crisis, which has badly hit many Argentines in the pocket.