21.   Government leaders do not appear to be paying close attention.

22.   House leaders now appear resigned to bringing the airport security issue to the floor for a vote this week.

23.   Hong Kong leaders appeared in Seattle this week at a conference sponsored by the Asia Society and the Washington State China Relations Council.

24.   In fact, the Serb leader appears to have scored something of a victory here in recent days.

25.   In other areas, White House officials said, negotiations between administration officials and Republican leaders appeared close to bearing fruit.

26.   Indeed, some analysts say German political leaders appear at odds with their French colleagues.

27.   In this, at least, the religious leader appeared to have almost universal support.

28.   It is politically untenable for a Pakistani leader to appear as though he is bending to an American diktat.

29.   Its leaders appear anxious to place responsibility for defeat and atrocities elsewhere.

30.   Local leaders appear determined to find culprits, in part because they are worried that relatives of the dead will take matters into their own hands.