1.   Camdessus said those measures, coupled with the bailout package, should enable Thailand to weather the worst of the economic downturn forced by the reforms.

2.   Cities such as Pensacola, which has a major naval base, also weathered the worst of the Defense Department cutbacks by boosting tourism efforts, Vitner said.

3.   He believes the Houston company has weathered the worst of its negative publicity and is poised to rebound.

4.   Investor expectations that with arrests imminent, Yamaichi has weathered the worst of the scandal, may have driven the shares higher.

5.   Philippine stocks rose, led by the Ayala group, as some investors bet the country may have weathered the worst of the economic turmoil sweeping Asia.

6.   Weather the worst.

7.   But with the epidemic officially proclaimed under control and the arrival of fine spring weather, businesses in Cumbria are hopeful that they have weathered the worst.

8.   Despite continuing public skepticism, IOC officials believe they have weathered the worst of the crisis.

9.   However, the bank said that the Australian economy was displaying strengths in areas that would help it to weather the worst of the international downturn.

10.   In fact, said Denisov, the economy is on the edge of growth, having weathered the worst of the transition from the Soviet system.