51.   For Ghana, surrounded as it is by former French colonies, this kind of effort at containment is particularly costly.

52.   For two decades, Mahathir and Anwar were inseparable, united in a drive to turn this former British colony into Exhibit A of the Asian miracle.

53.   Foot-and-mouth disease is more a nuisance than a crisis in this former British colony for several reasons.

54.   Former British colonies have the most potential for investors because their exchanges are often older and more established.

55.   Former colonial powers such as France and the U.K. want to protect the economies of their former colonies.

56.   France lost in the ceremonial opening game to Senegal, a former French colony whose players earn their living in the French league.

57.   France has been disinclined to embark on any peace initiative in its former colony.

58.   France, then more welcoming to immigrants from its former colonies than it is now, was a popular destination.

59.   French troops put down a coup in the COMOROS ISLANDS, a former colony off Mozambique.

60.   Friday he arrived in Nigeria, a former British colony with important French investments.