21.   She never wanted to work with computers anyway, and only learned to because the housing authority insisted, she said.

22.   State authorities insisted Sunday that the two men were surrounded and would be captured soon.

23.   Still, Cuban authorities insist that dropping Christmas from the calendar was not designed as a blow against the church.

24.   Sudanese authorities insist that the plant was used to produce pharmaceuticals, noting that the U.N.sanctions committee had authorized the Shifa factory to export veterinary medicine to Iraq.

25.   The authorities insist everything will improve next year.

26.   The authority also insisted that the token be smaller than a quarter and larger than a dime, though no one seems to know quite why.

27.   The authorities insisted repeatedly that there was no illegal logging in the Pino Gordo region and that the Indians were simply confused about their village boundaries.

28.   There were no international political terrorists, authorities insist.

29.   This time, the traffic authorities insist, they will strictly enforce the rules.

30.   While French authorities have insisted that Nasseri was on French soil illegally, they have not deported him, because they could find no country that would accept him.