21.   But as the desperate reach for some larger meaning begins, the sheer arbitrariness of his approach is laid bare.

22.   But both parties see political opportunity in the anxiety that Buchanan has laid bare.

23.   But it also laid bare a cultural gap about as wide as the Atlantic between Europeans and Americans.

24.   But it also laid bare the sharp divide between Fox and some in his own center-right National Action Party, or PAN.

25.   But much of his life and even his feelings were laid bare by the proceedings.

26.   But the arithmetic that results when Coca-Cola, the company, decides to squeeze more profit from its complex relationships with its bottlers was laid bare last week.

27.   But the iman offered words of caution regarding the days to come, when nuances evaporate and prejudices are laid bare.

28.   But there is no vocabulary for what happens to you when your life becomes a public spectacle, when your deepest scars are laid bare for public dissection.

29.   Certainly, some of the incidents laid bare in the series can only be described as embarrassing.

30.   Europe thus offers various economic models, whose differences will be laid bare by the euro.