31.  Political wrangling has delayed concrete action.

32.  Poorer nations all but rejected firm targets on anti-poverty spending Tuesday, dealing another blow to concrete action by the world poverty summit.

33.  Party vice-chairman Gary Cheng Kai-nam said it was useless for officials to reassure the public without taking concrete action.

34.  Peace talks have proceeded slowly and few concrete actions have been taken.

35.  A British diplomat dealing with the PA said the Europeans were now looking for concrete action from Arafat.

36.  Alejandro Fiallos, spokesman for President Enrique Bolanos, said the commission will put together proposed legislative reforms and take concrete actions to improve the judicial system.

37.  Although the consultants are paid for, there is still no funding source for any concrete actions they ultimately recommended.

38.  Analysts had slammed the meeting for its lack of concrete action and singled out Japan for not doing enough to help its neighbours out of financial straits.

39.  Another U.N. official said that, despite the protest, he doubted any concrete action would be taken by the government.

40.  At a news conference in Berlin, the chancellor emphasized that no concrete action had yet been decided and that the perpetrators were not conclusively identified.