71.   The currency crisis has forced East Asian countries to address the weaknesses in their own economies and financial sectors.

72.   The cash crisis has forced the government to cut deeply into many federal programs back home and to freeze others.

73.   The budget crisis also forced the U.S. Embassy late Friday to shut down a booth representing the United States at a textile trade fair in Paris, officials said.

74.   The economic crisis had forced Telkom to place spending priorities on more pressing programs and projects which had already started, he said.

75.   The crisis has forced neighbor to reach out to neighbor.

76.   The crisis has forced state-owned Garuda Indonesia to cut back on flights.

77.   The crisis forced him to reverse course.

78.   The crisis has forced a reappraisal.

79.   The crisis has forced many Indonesian companies to close down overseas offices, such as those in the United States.

80.   The good news is that the bankruptcies would make survivors stronger, and that the crisis would force Asian markets to open to foreign competition, Douglas said.