51.   But US officials insist they are providing no aid to the Taliban, and are neutral in the Afghan conflict.

52.   But the state has also provided crucial aid by accelerating a variety of payments to the county and easing some regulations.

53.   Clinton promised the leaders of these Balkan nations that the United States would continue to provide economic aid as well as encourage business development in their relatively poor countries.

54.   Clinton is fond of saying that the U.S. provides aid to Israelis for taking risks for peace.

55.   Colleges provide financial aid to families that cannot afford full tuition, basing their grants and loans on family need.

56.   Complicating the decision is the role of successive Italian governments as friendly partners to Fiat, maintaining closed markets and providing investment aid.

57.   Creative Capital was founded last May to provide financial aid to artists whose work may challenge convention.

58.   Embarrassed at the subsequent outcry, the central government intervened and said that in the exceptional circumstances, the foreign doctors could provide emergency aid after all.

59.   During the civil war, Russia provided military aid to the Northern Alliance fighting the Taliban militia.

60.   Even in Colonial times, New England towns would provide aid to widows who could prove residency.