21.  Before Clinton took office, other administrations talked about making the national security directorates more savvy about economic forces.

22.  Before the Gulf crisis, Iraq was a powerful economic force in the region.

23.  A confluence of economic forces makes the cuts necessary, Mills said.

24.  A remarkable confluence of personalities and economic forces bids fair to break the logjam along the Rio Grande.

25.  A. Economists and officials regard this as an investment in stability, a sort of economic peacekeeping force.

26.  Ad sales are cyclical in nature and are affected by economic forces, but one of them is the rising tide of Internet-based services.

27.  But family experts say the trying economic forces bringing these families together might actually benefit children.

28.  But farming is still the dominant economic force in Washington County, and times for farmers are much better.

29.  But fixed-rate systems bottle up tremendous economic forces that eventually spew forth with potentially cataclysmic consequences.

30.  But global economic forces are not always as faceless and automatic as they seem.