81.   The ministers also praised efforts by its East European members to privatize state-owned industries.

82.   The parliamentary president, Rolf Wernstedt, praised the efforts of rescue workers and residents of Eschede, the village north of Celle where the crash occurred.

83.   The report praised efforts by the syndicate and others to force reconsideration of the law.

84.   The report praised efforts in the region to arrest drug traffickers and eradicate drug crops, but warned that drug traffic through the region is increasing consumption.

85.   Waters praised the efforts of his sister Betty Ann.

86.   Yeltsin, whose country borders Ukraine, praised joint efforts that led to the signing.

87.   He praised the efforts of electricity supplier Eskom in providing cheap, accessible electricity to the majority of South Africans.

88.   He praised recent efforts of Britain and Chile to open their telecommunications services although he did not say if he expected them to support the US stand in Singapore.

89.   He praised the efforts by PLO leader Yasser Arafat to rein in Palestinian radicals fighting the peace accord.

90.   He stressed that Washington had been in constant touch with both sides to bring about the meeting, praising the efforts of US Middle East coordinator Dennis Ross.