51.   Chavez has implicitly recognized the seriousness of the situation by recently opening an office of his own at military headquarters here.

52.   Changing enough so that IMG, the huge international sports and event management and marketing agency headquartered in Cleveland, has opened an office in India.

53.   Charles Curtis, the chief operating officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, has said the initiative will open an office in Russia by the end of this year.

54.   Clarion Marketing and Communications, Greenwich, Conn., opened an office in Mexico City, headed by Eric Lund as managing director.

55.   Clinton is granting Western Union permission to open offices in Cuba for the electronic transfer of funds.

56.   Clinton said he plans to open diplomatic offices in Pyongyang as soon as possible and to allow North Korea to open an office in Washington.

57.   China, emerging as a transshipment point for drugs, next month will allow the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to open an office there.

58.   Chip-makers like NEC Corp. and Fujitsu opened offices in Moscow after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

59.   Columbia Tri-Star, a unit of Sony Corp., and Warner Brothers, owned by Time Warner Inc., opened permanent offices in Beijing this year.

60.   Companies ranging from Ford Motor Co. and Intel Corp. to BellSouth Corp. have announced plans to build additional factories, open offices or buy state-controlled assets.