41.   Vast tracts of Japanese war-making industry were reduced to blackened rubble.

42.   Vast tracts have not been surveyed, research is stagnated by a lack of resources and archaeological treasures are threatened by rampant construction projects.

43.   Vast tracts of the country are still inaccessible except by helicopter, officials said.

44.   Urban renewal left vast empty tracts.

45.   Yet vast tracts of land, including farmland, are still in state or collective hands.

46.   A top Australian lawmaker said Sunday that talks have deadlocked over a bill which would restrict Aboriginal land claims on vast tracts of land.

47.   A vast tract of land around Mrkonjic Grad will be transferred to Bosnian Serb authority under complicated land swaps mandated by the U.S.-brokered peace plan.

48.   Although vast tracts of the country are empty desert, the government has encouraged some farming of wheat and vegetables to cut reliance on imports.

49.   Although vast tracts of the country are desert, the government has encouraged some farming of wheat and vegetables to cut reliance on imports.

50.   At that time, Yemen ceded vast tracts of what had been considered its territory to Saudi Arabia.