51.   After a policy review, U.S. President George W. Bush offered in June to reopen dialogue with North Korea.

52.   At the weekend conference the activists demanded the party withdraw its support for the military commitment, but lost the vote and had to settle for a policy review.

53.   Bad publicity over that grudging attitude prompted a policy review this season.

54.   Bush generated controversy in March when he decided to undertake a policy review rather than pick up the negotiations where President Clinton had left them.

55.   Bush voiced skepticism about the North and said he would suspend talks with Pyongyang pending a policy review.

56.   But exchanges came to a standstill this year after U.S. President George W. Bush took office and suspended talks pending a policy review.

57.   But Powell had to retreat after Bush decided the policy review must occur first.

58.   But rapprochement came to a standstill this year after President Bush suspended talks with North Korea pending a policy review.

59.   Even some French officials are pleading for a policy review.

60.   Government contacts between the two Koreas ebbed after President Bush decided to suspend talks with North Korea while awaiting a policy review.