51.   Regional Managing Director U.K. Ghosh said an intense marketing campaign was necessary to beat the tough competition from Japan and South Korea.

52.   Separately, Brittan began Wednesday an intense lobbying campaign to persuade Asian nations to improve their offers, Guilford said.

53.   Southern California physician Jon Opsahl, son of the victim, had launched an intense lobbying campaign to pressure prosecutors to file charges in the case.

54.   So far the new medicines are selling briskly, spurred by the early onset of the flu season across the United States as well as intense advertising campaigns.

55.   They said Bush had initially turned down the California debate, then changed his mind only after McCain had assembled an intense campaign schedule in New York.

56.   Two new prescription flu drugs are selling briskly, spurred by the early onset of the flu season across the United States as well as intense advertising campaigns.

57.   In Ohio, voters said no despite an intense campaign by supporters of riverboat casino gambling.

58.   The Sri Lankan government Wednesday annnounced the closure of government schools amid an intense military campaign against Tamil Tiger separatists in the north of the country.

59.   The United States and Israel, accusing Iran of supporting international terrorism and seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, have launched an intense campaign to isolate Tehran economically.

60.   The warning comes amid an intense anti-communist campaign by senior military and government officials.