1.   To our western eyes as he stood in his raggy, holed clothes in front of his mud hut he would appear very poor.

2.   Yet the prospects of this constituency making a major political impact and extracting liberal reforms from the regime appear poor.

3.   He also noted that among those who file income tax returns, many who appear poor may actually be retirees with substantial investments.

4.   Most appeared desperately poor and wore sandals or cheap plastic shoes.

5.   The men wore civilian clothing and most appeared desperately poor.

6.   But the chances of the conference holding currently appear poor.