21.   Chechen negotiators agreed in talks last week to turn him over, but later expressed skepticism that the promise could be fulfilled.

22.   Even non-Muslims expressed skepticism that the Dutch report would let Milosevic off the hook for the horrors at Srebrenica.

23.   He accused Del of buying off Ostankino employees to secure the contract, and expressed skepticism that any profits from the recordings will find their way back to Russians.

24.   In Washington, National Security Council spokesman Michael Hammer expressed skepticism that Milosevic is serious about peace.

25.   Israelis and Palestinians expressed skepticism that the accord would take hold, and the militant Islamic group Hamas said it was not bound by the deal.

26.   Russian arms control analysts expressed skepticism about the accord.

27.   The plan had been anxiously awaited, but investors had expressed skepticism that the components would be insufficient to surmount the two-month-old crisis.

28.   The violence came as Palestinians expressed skepticism over an announcement by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres that he would meet Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat next week.

29.   U.S. officials have so far played down a link to terrorism, but Vice President Dick Cheney expressed skepticism Friday there was no relation.

30.   US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the following day, expressed skepticism about the offer.