1.   The recession was having an impact on all sectors of an already battered economy.

2.   America is trying to assist the battered Georgian economy, too.

3.   Bolanos, a former vice president who staunchly opposed the Sandinista regime, will confront a battered economy and a population weary of corruption.

4.   Emigre dollars have helped prop up many poorer nations, like Haiti, where construction is booming in some areas despite a battered local economy.

5.   For the last month, Milosevic listened as Karic and other influential Serb businessmen argued that the battered Yugoslav economy could take no more.

6.   Having settled into jobs and schools there, they are taking a gamble to return home to a battered economy.

7.   Hungry for cash to rebuild its battered economy, North Korean officials are still impressed most by hard currency up front.

8.   Meetings between President Suharto, a U.S. presidential envoy and the head of the International Monetary Fund fed optimism that economic reforms would restore confidence in the battered economy.

9.   Moratoriums typically give battered economies some wiggle room by allowing lenders and borrowers to renegotiate loans.

10.   President Clinton arrived in Japan on Thursday to push its leaders for a plan to fix their battered economy.