51.   The closing forced foreign guests to go to the streets to change money with taxi drivers, reinforcing a view of Romania as a quirky place to do business.

52.   The collapse of communism exacerbated this disparity by reinforcing the view in the West that its ideology of democratic liberalism had triumphed globally and was thus universally valid.

53.   The decision on the six reinforces that view, giving Protestants more reason to be wary of the U.S. involvement in the peace effort.

54.   The decline was steeper than had been forecast, reinforcing the view that Japan has already slipped into another recession.

55.   The clumsy and repressive steps that followed reinforce the view that the Olympic site selection committee made exactly the right call.

56.   The dollar could resume its rise if German unemployment figures for February, due out tomorrow, reinforce that view, traders said.

57.   The frustrations of the Clinton administration have only reinforced these views.

58.   The growing weakness in housing reinforces the view that the Federal Reserve will sit tight on interest rates when its policy-making Federal Open Market Committee meets next Tuesday.

59.   The latest rate cut reinforced a view of increased confidence and unexpectedly strong financial resilience in Brazil.

60.   The music he composed reinforced this view.