21.   The only serious objection is being lodged by Dr. Michael Irwin, an astronomer at Cambridge University in England.

22.   This prompted a protest by a group called African-Americans Against Violence, whose members apparently harbor a serious philosophical objection to the practice of idolizing convicted rapists.

23.   With the Alliance in disarray, Day has become a largely ineffective critic, and three smaller parties in Parliament do not have the standing to raise serious objections.

24.   With both the right and left raising serious objections, the merger negotiations are not going smoothly.

25.   Within skating, people like to gossip about the Russian partners, but few raise serious objections.

26.   A letter signed by almost two dozen Senate Democrats raised serious objections to the tests and urged White House rejection.

27.   Ethnic Albanian politicians expressed serious objections Sunday to a new Western-backed peace plan for Macedonia.

28.   Such a turn of events in Zimbabwe should not be allowed to persist without some serious objection.