11.   Instead of loud protests, there were silent gatherings on Thursday at the site of the bombings.

12.   Later, Sosa entered with his retinue of friends and handlers, who launched loud protests to the effect that their man was robbed by the referee.

13.   Loud protests also echoed outside a U.S. Information Service center in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.

14.   Moreover, loud protests can provoke the ire of muscular pimps.

15.   That provision, which GOP leaders approved Tuesday night as part of the minimum wage package to soften the impact on small businesses, drew loud protests from Democrats.

16.   The administration has responded with increasingly loud protests, but has not threatened any concrete retaliatory action against Beijing.

17.   The latest move drew loud protests from Palestinians and Israelis.

18.   The meeting was broken by loud protests from students, faculty members and other observers.

19.   The Republicans gave up late Friday, but only after loud protests that they were delaying aid to farmers.

20.   The tests of hamburger for salmonella began last June despite loud protests from the meat industry.