11.   And sanctions are certain to make a sluggish economy even worse.

12.   And there is a feeling that this season could be the high point for the next few years, since the impending sanctions are likely to involve scholarship reductions.

13.   And unilateral economic sanctions are by no means new.

14.   And sanctions are as difficult to get rid of as they are easy to invent, since giving up sanctions nearly always involves a climbdown by the sanctioner.

15.   Any SEC sanction would be an embarrassing blow to a state that has struggled for a decade to restore its fiscal credibility on Wall Street.

16.   As a matter of political as well as practical reality, however, the sanctions are unlikely to go into effect until late June.

17.   Bogota stocks were little changed today as concern about possible U.S. trade sanctions was offset by optimism about falling interest rates.

18.   Bogota stocks were little changed today as concern about possible U.S. trade sanctions was offset by optimism over falling interest rates.

19.   A General Accounting Office study in June predicted that stiffer federal sanctions would be effective in reducing harm to nursing home patients.

20.   According to Herrin, the NCAA sanctions were three games for his involvement with Caron and two for lying in his initial interviews.