51.   Bonds were mixed as concern about rising interest rates offset hopes the Asian financial crisis is easing.

52.   A decline in manufacturing resulting from the Asian financial crisis cut tens of thousands of jobs.

53.   A few weeks later the baht plunged, beginning the Asian crisis.

54.   A fall in the Thai currency, the baht, last July triggered the Asian crisis.

55.   A key dispute stemming from the Asian economic crisis is vhether the International Monetary Fund has been a caring healer or sinister gravedigger.

56.   A record year in trade and investments, combined with sound macro economics, helps Latin America weather the fallout from the Asian crisis.

57.   A. The combination of the Asian economic crisis and the oil crisis has hit Russia very hard because oil is such an important source of its earnings.

58.   A year and a half after the Asian crisis began, countries like Thailand and South Korea are showing signs of bottoming out.

59.   A weakened Japan is a global problem because it exacerbates the Asian crisis, and because the plummeting yen has been squeezing China, South Korea and other countries.

60.   Administration officials are trying hard to convince Congress that the money is needed to prevent the Asian financial crisis from spreading and harming the U.S. economy.