91.  The United States were expected to overwhelm a declining Sweden in Gothenburg while Germany were hot favourites to beat Russia in Hamburg.

92.  The United States were still favourites despite the absence of so many of their household names.

93.  UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson was the latest this week to join a chorus of demands that the United States abide by the Geneva convention.

94.  United States play France.

95.  McCurry refused to say whether the United States want Mobutu not to return to Zaire.

96.  The incident comes as relations between Syria and the United States are going through a delicate phase.