21.   From the stage, the crowd looked like a forest of blue-and-white national flags.

22.   In Britain and the Netherlands, recent legislation allows vessels to fly the national flag if only the captain is British or Dutch.

23.   In Dherenia, where scores of demonstrators wrapped themselves in the national flag and sang songs, people said they would go ahead and cross anyway.

24.   In many respects, the retrenchment of national flag carriers has proved a boon for budget airlines, which have filled in where bigger carriers cut service.

25.   In the United States, our national flag has its own special day.

26.   It is just basketball with national flags, chanting and thick cigarette smoke.

27.   Japan has its rising sun, Israel its Star of David, and the crescent moon of Islam is shown on many a national flag.

28.   Just three years ago, waving the red, green, black and white Palestinian national flag was illegal under Israeli military rule.

29.   Kim was taking a victory lap with his national flag when it was announced that he had been disqualified for blocking Ohno on the last lap.

30.   Like the song, the flag has been widely used but only now is being made the official national flag.