21.   Iran and Libya had lobbied to keep the official output lower, for fear that the Saudis and others will flood the market and ruin prices.

22.   Mexican avocados sell at half the price of California and Florida produce and California and Florida growers have lobbied to keep them out over the years.

23.   Schwarzenegger lobbied to keep the man an everyday hero who uses his firefighting background to jury-rig his own methods of battling villains.

24.   The union had been lobbying to keep the Halifax plant open through a joint venture between Volvo and a Toronto auto-parts company.

25.   Those groups, however, are now lobbying to keep that recognition to preserve a strong anti-abortion voice at the United Nations.