11.   A leading Cambodia scholar, David Chandler, made a similar observation in an interview this week.

12.   A leading scholar said Chinese anger towards America should be viewed in the context of the limits imposed on public discourse.

13.   But Dr. Gretchen Barbatsis, a Michigan State University professor of telecommunications and leading feminist scholar, says the problem is that women are still being categorized.

14.   But Gilles Kepel, a leading French scholar of contemporary Islam, said the Afghan veterans were guided by their own radical interpretation of sacred Muslim texts.

15.   But some leading Russian scholars of East-West relations argued on Wednesday that the impact of the withdrawal on Putin is exaggerated.

16.   Conferences bringing together leading scholars, human rights activists and politicians are also in the works.

17.   Edwin Mansfield, a leading scholar of the economics of technological change, died on Monday at his home in Wallingford, Pa.

18.   For two years, Benedetti did extensive archival research to retrace the itinerary of the masterpiece and invited several leading Caravaggio scholars to authenticate the attribution.

19.   He then wrote speeches and recruited leading scholars to help write speeches for other Democratic presidential candidates.

20.   In December, he was invited to participate in a State Department policy brainstorming session of government officials and leading scholars.