11.   At the White House, McCurry criticized those statements as being counterproductive.

12.   Both sides interpreted the statement as a vindication.

13.   But Babbitt said Ickes, in fact, never demanded a decision, and that Babbitt made the statement simply as an excuse to end the meeting with Eckstein.

14.   But Babbitt said that Ickes, in fact, never demanded a decision and that Babbitt made the statement simply as an excuse to end the meeting with Eckstein.

15.   But industry analysts and sources close to Apple dismissed his statement as technically true, but a semantic fib.

16.   But Mexican officials have dismissed the American statements as inadequate.

17.   But no one at the palace was willing to interpret the statement as meaning that the prince was forever forgoing the possibility of remarriage.

18.   But not all companies write mission statements as a gospel for employees.

19.   But now the prosecution is using the same statements as the basis for its contention that Wiese lied about what he had seen to exonerate Schwarz.

20.   But it made no statement as to whether the bull market was on, off or on tilt.