61.   Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir took steps in mid-November to crush internal opposition based around the labour movement.

62.   A Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman described the visit as an important step in improving relations between Vietnam and the Vatican.

63.   South Korean diplomats immediately welcomed the North Korean volte face as a positive step in improving relations between the two Korean states.

64.   His removal, therefore, was regarded as an important step in the normalization process.

65.   Taking away the protection which the Wages Councils provide is the latest step in the bullion offensive against the poorest in society.

66.   Managements took steps in a variety of forms to improve communications with employees.

67.   I am pleased to see that the Chancellor has taken a step in this direction in his Budget, though it is nowhere near enough.

68.   This process of elaborating a concept and moving toward empirical indicators is the crucial step in variable analysis.

69.   Can the managers make any precise allocation of time and other resources to planning and defining their operational steps in these amorphous areas?

70.   Increasing resort to factory production is a late step in matching output to a rising market.