51.   The Palestinian Authority in turn took steps to crack down on security as a step toward combating terrorism.

52.   The Palestinians, for instance, must commit themselves to enforce an ambitious plan to combat terrorism.

53.   The U.K. government will rush measures through Parliament to give the police increased powers to combat terrorism in response to recent Irish Republican Army bombings in London.

54.   There have been discussions in the Pentagon, but no decision, about creating a new domestic military command to combat terrorism.

55.   These old oaths of enmity understandably unnerved Israelis and undermined their trust in Palestinian promises to abandon and combat terrorism.

56.   They will talk about how the three North American countries can better combat terrorism by securing borders.

57.   This week Attorney General John Ashcroft asked Congress to upgrade surveillance laws to assist law enforcement in combatting terrorism.

58.   Under the Bush proposal, the FBI will remain the lead agency for combatting domestic terrorism, and the CIA will retain its responsibility for international intelligence gathering.

59.   What brought Sharon to Moscow was partly to cement ties among the Russians, Israelis and Americans regarding intelligence-sharing to combat international terrorism.

60.   Weighing against these sentiments are the activist impulses that have led President Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich to call for tougher laws to combat terrorism.