21.   Murzakhanov said he and other employees of the company received personal threats if they did not drop their objections to the new rules.

22.   Other shippers have likewise dropped their objections, either after receiving special deals or simply from fear of offending the powerful railroad.

23.   Pataki has agreed to drop his objections.

24.   Prices fell after Iraq dropped objections that had delayed a U.N. aid plan to sell oil.

25.   Schuessel recently dropped his objection to the idea.

26.   The Clinton administration took the partisan edge off the issue today when it dropped its objections to the IRS overhaul.

27.   The department dropped its objection after the Fang transaction was announced in March.

28.   The EU dropped its objection to the merger after Boeing agreed to scrap exclusivity clauses in contracts to build planes for three American airlines.

29.   The issue had threatened to be a sticking point until Monday, when Clinton dropped his objection to including the provision in the counterterrorism bill.

30.   The union recently dropped its objections, persuaded in part by alternate opportunities for overtime pay connected with new efforts to bolster courtroom security.