1.   But the policies he has followed in an impoverished state recovering from Communist misrule may not be a fair guide to his plans for Germany as a whole.

2.   Fox has proposed a sweeping economic development project aimed at Chiapas and other impoverished southern states.

3.   He appealed particularly to the leaders in Berlin and two impoverished east German states, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

4.   Huge stockpiles of heroin and opium rumored to be hidden in the mountains of Afghanistan could be crucial economic targets in a military offensive against this impoverished state.

5.   In the impoverished southern state of Chiapas, peasants have taken up arms against the government.

6.   It has cut a swath through impoverished African states and is now threatening the teeming populations of India, China and Southeast Asia.

7.   It is a prospect made difficult because of the complex and unstable political and legal conditions in this impoverished former communist state.

8.   Neither Rio and the impoverished Brazilian state of Alagoas, which is also considering selling bonds, have established track records in international credit markets.

9.   So far, Mendoza has stepped up as a spokeswoman for her impoverished state, asking President Andres Pastrana to improve conditions there.

10.   The Fund and the Bank say the Kosovo crisis will strain the social and economic infrastructures of these largely impoverished Balkan states.