61.   When the same survey last year showed a sharp increase in drug use among teen-agers, Republicans accused President Clinton of doing too little to combat the problem.

62.   With drugs more plentiful and cheaper than ever worldwide, the leaders are mostly extolling failed strategies to combat the problem.

63.   Williams has attempted to combat this problem by running more.

64.   Abu Safiyeh also said that the Palestinians expected Israeli cooperation in combating environment problems in the Palestinian areas, including an acute sewage problem and industrial pollution.

65.   APTV reports on a novel program to combat the problem of drunk driving.

66.   At her meeting with Putin, parts of which were broadcast on ORT television, Matviyenko ticked off a list of recent government initiatives to combat the problem.

67.   Bremer said politicians had to get involved because sports officials appeared incapable of combating the problem themselves.

68.   But he weighed in with a flip side -- a rosier view -- by saying welfare, education and crime problems are being combatted with compassion by Republican reforms.

69.   But Valenti said he believed that Chernomyrdin was determined to combat the problem.

70.   Churches and volunteer groups are launching a campaign to combat the problem of hunger that recent reports say persists in America despite growing prosperity.