21.   The Mexican authorities concluded last summer that industrial pollutants had killed the birds.

22.   The subway authority evidently concluded that the ads would offend Catholics, since the church teaches that vasectomies are an improper method of birth control.

23.   This was the first time German authorities have actually concluded that retailers were selling products at below their own purchase costs.

24.   Working with a paucity of physical evidence, and no witnesses, the authorities concluded that she was abducted.

25.   Philippine Defense Secretary Orlando Mercado told reporters that authorities had concluded nothing about the identities of the abductors or the location of the hostages.

26.   A ministry spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the gunmen had become increasingly impulsive and authorities concluded they had to act.

27.   After a check of the vehicle, authorities concluded it was a false alarm, said Secret Service spokesman Tony Ball.

28.   Authorities have concluded that a stray metal strip on the runway punctured a tire during takeoff, catapulting rubber into the fuel tank and causing a leak.

29.   Authorities concluded Moxley was brutally beaten with a golf club that was matched to a set owned by the Skakel family.

30.   Authorities concluded that Bellasi was a weapons collector, and that this was normal for a military official.