21.   Anti-Americanism throughout the Arab states stems in part from U.S. support of Israel and from U.S. policies to defend Western energy supplies since the Gulf War.

22.   At the height of the crisis, California began buying long-term contracts to provide a stable energy supply.

23.   A state unable to provide its people with adequate energy supplies or desiring added leverage over other people often resorts to force.

24.   According to the California Energy Commission, a state agency that monitors energy supplies, the price should begin to fall by next week.

25.   But any action must increase energy supplies at fair, reasonable prices, Bush said.

26.   But Cordesman said he doubted U.S. strategic thinking was built around gaining access to that energy supply.

27.   But I have learned how very important exercise is to a diminishing energy supply, not necessarily for recreation but for survival.

28.   But in the great scheme of energy supplies, these are mere blips.

29.   But since then, experts say, the country has held to a negotiated plan to shut the missile program in exchange for energy supplies.

30.   Even more worrying is the medium-term outlook for global energy supplies.