11.  North Korea has been suffering from a massive food shortage caused by its worst floods in a century.

12.  North Korea has been suffering from a massive food shortage, brought on by the worst floods in a century.

13.  North Korea, however, wants massive food aid before continuing talks.

14.  Opposition lawmakers have accused President Kim Dae-jung of pampering the communist regime in Pyongyang with massive food aid at a time of economic uncertainty at home.

15.  South Korea opposes massive food aid to the North until the Pyongyang government agrees to the four-way negotiations.

16.  Supermarkets reported no massive food purchases.

17.  Some compared the panicked mood to that reigning under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, whose economic policies led to massive food shortages.

18.  Supermarkets reported no massive food purchases, and there was no run on the banks.

19.  That would sever the link between subsidies and output that have long saddled the EU with massive food surpluses and sour trade ties with Washington.

20.  That would sever the link between subsidies and output that long saddled the EU with massive food surpluses and sour trade ties with Washington.