1.  It has an obligation to exercise serious national leadership in the areas of education and research. . . .

2.  A compromise resolving the most serious Serb leadership crisis since the Bosnian war ended appeared to be nowhere in sight.

3.  A compromise resolving the most serious Serb leadership crisis since the Bosnian war ended was nowhere in sight.

4.  But parliament still was short the deputies needed to make major decisions as it opened its session during the most serious Serb leadership crisis since the Bosnian war ended.

5.  In the most serious leadership crisis since the Bosnian war ended, the Serb parliament met Friday in a bid to unseat President Biljana Plavsic.

6.  The Bosnian Serb parliament met Friday in its bid to unseat President Biljana Plavsic in the most serious leadership crisis since the Bosnian war ended.