21.   A weak gasp of outrage greeted news that baseball team owners might slap ads on team uniforms.

22.   Brown announced his mayoral ambitions in early November, and the news was greeted with smirks, smiles and sighs.

23.   But Democrats also greeted the news cautiously, mindful of how many legal fights are still ahead and of how many twists and turns the saga has already taken.

24.   But in the legal world, the news was greeted with shock, glee and not a little speculation.

25.   But outrage greeted the news in some quarters Tuesday after it was first reported in The New York Post.

26.   But many minorities in the creative community have greeted the news with a mixture of cautious optimism and skepticism.

27.   But some analysts Tuesday greeted the news with skepticism, saying the expansion might be little more than an attempt by the company to mask its cutbacks.

28.   But throughout the nation, performing arts producers faced with the last-minute loss of a major attraction greeted the news with emotions ranging from disbelief to fury.

29.   But Wall Street analysts greeted the news with a collective shrug, saying that whispers of possible deals have been floating around for months.

30.   Companies whose fate depends on the success of Newton greeted the news of the spinoff with optimism.