1.   But Israeli security officials said the bombings had to be planned in advance, long before the Israeli helicopter attack Sunday night.

2.   But that bombing did not have the economic impact of the trade center attack.

3.   But to do that, the bombing will first have to end, and the Serbs will have to allow investigators into Kosovo.

4.   Even in Iraq, where conditions are much more favorable, sustained bombing has yet to produce an outcome satisfactory to the West.

5.   For all the horror, the bombings had a grim familiarity to Israelis.

6.   For some Washingtonians, the bombing had a more personal impact.

7.   No claim of responsibility was issued, but Western and Pakistani officials said the bombing had all the markings of a Qaida operation and warned of more attacks.

8.   Others counter that the bombings have little effect on people accustomed to suffering, that they view the missiles the way a drowning man might see rain.

9.   Some experts note that the Iraqi people still accept and support Saddam, and that the bombings have little effect on people accustomed to suffering.

10.   Some Republicans acknowledge that the bombing has the potential to take the edge off the antigovernment rhetoric in Washington.