51.   He proposes to rethink U.S. aid programs that help dismantle former Soviet nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

52.   He plans to stay in Macedonia in hopes he will soon be able to return to Kosovo and resume the aid program he established six years ago.

53.   He says the real culprits in mismanaging aid are national aid programs, which still account for about two-thirds of all assistance, not the World Bank.

54.   However, liberals and poor nations complain that the move would simply create the need for new aid programs to compensate countries that desperately need them.

55.   In choosing him, the Kennedy administration was seen as moving to reinforce the Alliance for Progress, a United States aid program for Latin America.

56.   In the aftermath of the appellate court ruling, Texas officials initially said they would suspend a financial aid program targeted at African-American and Hispanic students.

57.   Indeed, American and other international officials said the current four-year aid program would be only the start of a long and slow process.

58.   It is not clear whether the United States and other international backers have accepted this approach, which would considerably complicate the aid program.

59.   It is no longer the privilege of a select few but the province of millions, fueled by an expansion of community colleges and financial aid programs.

60.   It will work to coordinate various aid programs as well as job training for workers who might be laid off.