21.   Burns has a history of wanting to take public lands from the American public.

22.   Bush has said he understands the West better than Bill Clinton, who has been aggressive in setting aside public lands from development.

23.   But he has also inquired about buying land from the Indians.

24.   But no kibbutz got any land from conquering the Golan Heights.

25.   But in some sections, only activity on the surface is barred, so oil companies could drill into these lands from the side.

26.   But residents of the Old Mission Peninsula in Michigan have agreed to tax themselves to protect farm land from development.

27.   But the Palestinians can work around that difficulty, arguing for compensatory land from Israel that need not be slices of sand pit.

28.   But the real fire behind the current conflict is the desire of Islamic militants to wrest control of what they consider a Muslim land from the control of infidels.

29.   Chinamasa said the European Union was trying to stop the government from undoing the legacy of colonialism by redistributing land from the white minority to the black majority.

30.   Congressional delegations from Western states were silent about these withdrawals of public lands from mining and drilling.