1.   Except, of course, for the lone and level sands of the wrecked economy, which stretch away in all directions.

2.   Apart from putting back together a wrecked economy, he also needs to rein in the armed forces.

3.   They have often exploded in violence, leaving wrecked economies in their wake.

4.   But it is a price Thailand has to pay for its wrecked economy.

5.   The fear is that Zaire, suffering from ethnic strife and a wrecked economy, might continue to deteriorate into a bloody mess of warring provinces.

6.   The first and foremost task of restoring a wrecked economy is to stabilise the currency.

7.   The presidency ruling was requested by the government in a policy package aiming to restore the wrecked economy.

8.   While the World Bank is more conscious about social well-being, the IMF is almost heartless in its programme to restore confidence to a wrecked economy.