21.   Conservative delegates said Saturday that they were relieved to be able to unite with the Republicans, and one after another, said abortion was the key issue.

22.   Council delegates said they were put under intense pressure from Western European governments to vote yes.

23.   Delegates also said they would discuss strategies to counter global warming and ways to foster greater investments in energy projects.

24.   Delegates said the treaty represented a rare recent success in balancing environmental protection with free trade, interests that are often difficult to reconcile.

25.   Delegates said the Vatican could not agree to this because Roman Catholic doctrine forbids abortion as a violation of the sanctity of life from the moment of conception.

26.   Delegates from Europe said a return to normal travel was in sight.

27.   Delegates said that the vote reflected a general feeling that the government had not been effective enough in fighting crime.

28.   Delegates said the new world body would bring a golden age of freedom, justice, peace and social well-being.

29.   Delegates said Israel opposed that option, both because Israelis would find the proclamation provocative, and because Peres wanted the offensive articles in the old covenant specifically rejected.

30.   Despite their overwhelming support for their presumed nominee, Dole, only half the delegates say they believe that Dole will carry their particular states.