51.   Guatemala is struggling to consolidate democracy, reconcile indigenous and western cultures, and cope with grinding poverty.

52.   Guatemalan voters cast ballots Sunday for a new president as they struggle to consolidate democracy, reconcile indigenous and western cultures, and cope with grinding poverty.

53.   In addition to harrassment, Russians are particularly vulnerable to the grinding poverty caused by war.

54.   But the dashed hopes from the Geneva talks, and the grinding poverty all around, mean that even the most hopeful are keeping their optimism in check.

55.   Fear, which has become as palpable as the grinding poverty in the Caribbean nation, is mounting as the countdown to the invasion continues.

56.   Muluzi said his government would continue to seek foreign and local investment and explore mineral wealth to create employment and ease grinding poverty.

57.   Not surprisingly, participants were quick to draw a connection between grinding poverty and terrorist violence, a theme most forcefully struck by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

58.   Prosperity has not yet arrived, but the grinding poverty of previous years has diminished.