81.   Menem and his lawyers have said that he had approved the arms sales but that the weapons were supposed to go to Venezuela and Panama.

82.   More nuanced diplomacy and some common sense should be able to prevent the arms sale without damaging relations with South Africa.

83.   Moreover, Biden said, Harkin was confusing NATO expansion and foreign arms sales.

84.   Mrs. Thatcher was prime minister at the time of the arms sale.

85.   Multilateral efforts to ratchet down the international competition for arms sales have faltered in recent years.

86.   North helped direct arms sales to Iran and diverted profits from the weapons to help fund the Nicaraguan Contra rebels.

87.   Now President Bush has until later this month to decide on what weapons to include in an annual arms sale to Taiwan.

88.   Of most interest to Washington are Russian arms sales to China, which have grown substantially in the past decade.

89.   Offshore banks and tax havens hide and launder the large amounts of cash that are central to illegal arms sales.

90.   On Thursday, the White House cut off arms sales and military aid, and over the weekend threatened economic and commercial sanctions.