81.   GNI analyst Lawence Eagles said the rise in the ISM index was unexpectedly large and helped go some way towards explaining the strength of base metals prices.

82.   However, Contrini was in trouble on the way up towards the next major climb, Bivio Sklivani, and was caught by the pack.

83.   In September the Guatemalan government and the guerrillas signed a landmark agreement in Mexico City paving the way towards a final accord.

84.   Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has ruled out making any new confidence-building offers to Syria after it snubbed proposals aimed at easing the way towards peace.

85.   After discussions with the embassy, Harris and the others, many on often makeshift crutches or in wheelchairs, made their way towards their new temporary home.

86.   Amrollahi called for the cessation of all tests to smooth the way towards the hoped-for signing of a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty next year.

87.   An Italian patrol helicopter earlier Thursday spotted the long wooden boat in difficulties on its way towards Lampedusa Island, between Italy and Tunisia.

88.   As the cat-and-mouse game continued in the West Bank, Bush was to examine the best way towards a Palestinian state as he readies his planned policy statement.

89.   Atherton went some way towards admitting that the absence of Thorpe all summer had been a bad mistake.

90.   But trade unions say it would pave the way towards gradual privatisation and the entry of foreign capital.