81.   Despite the flurry of the diplomatic activity, Pique did not hold out much hope for a quick solution.

82.   Earlier Sunday, Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hiroshi Hashimoto said the chances for a quick solution to the crisis were remote.

83.   Even so, senior officers privately admit the problem is too ingrained for quick solutions.

84.   Few people on either side of the border expect any quick solutions to the Kashmir dispute, which Pakistan says should be settled before normalizing relations in other areas.

85.   French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin on Tuesday welcomed a string of military victories by the northern alliance and urged a quick political solution in Afghanistan.

86.   French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin said Thursday he would like to see a quick solution to the Russian political crisis with the formation of a working government.

87.   He stressed that a quick solution to the debt issue would require transparency on the part of borrowers.

88.   He warned that failure to find a quick solution could lead to higher unemployment, social unrest and a strengthening of the radical Landless Rural Movement Workers.

89.   He said instead of searching for a quick solution, the leader should concentrate on building a framework for peace.

90.   However, Ivanov said before leaving Moscow that no quick solution was in sight.