51.   As leaders of Pacific Rim countries gathered Tuesday in this sultanate for their annual summit meeting, many faced uncertainties at home that cast shadows over the conference.

52.   As recently as Wednesday night, some top White House aides were playing down the possibility of a summit meeting as potentially vague and risky.

53.   As the relationship has changed, the American calculus used to evaluate summit meetings has not.

54.   As it had during the first two days of the summit meeting, the Kosovo conflict served as the constant current on the last day.

55.   At a summit meeting of Latin American presidents in August, Zedillo persuaded his colleagues to adopt a joint declaration accepting his position.

56.   At a summit meeting Thursday intended to underscore the economic potential of this newly democratic region, Central American leaders laid out their concerns about the legislation.

57.   At a U.N. summit meeting in New York Thursday, President Clinton said the price of oil was too steep and encouraged OPEC to raise output.

58.   At a summit meeting of the Organization for African Unity he talked with a directness quite extraordinary for a U.N. leader.

59.   At summit meetings with world leaders, his accent would be noticeable to the British and Americans, but probably less so to the French, Germans or Japanese.

60.   At the European Union summit meeting in Sweden last month, Prime Minister Bertie Ahern tried to allay concerns about the treaty.