1.   Aid can have a knock-on effect in neighbouring countries which are also in great need.

2.   The aids had to be given positively and as Katharine became more adept, Benji performed the changes more smoothly.

3.   However, it has to be recognised that while aids have the potential for distorting intra-Community competition they may also create offsetting benefits.

4.   This aid would also have to be continued in the longer term in order to totally eradicate certain diseases.

5.   In this case long term aid would also have to include ending the civil war by some form of intervention if necessary.

6.   Along with fewer classrooms, requests for financial aid has more than doubled, while available funds have withered.

7.   Any such aid would have to be approved by a Congress that has been unremittingly hostile to most forms of foreign assistance.

8.   Bills have been paid, state aid has kept flowing, payrolls have been met and services have continued despite the lack of a formal spending plan.