21.   As the pontiff speaks against the death penalty, Rigali said, the pope is also denouncing violence.

22.   Before his ouster, Scharping had spoken against a common monetary system that would leave Germans with a currency weaker than their all-powerful mark.

23.   Berlusconi has spoken against any widening of conflict in the Middle East.

24.   Booker, a recovering addict, lives in a recovery house in Boston and speaks against domestic violence to anyone who will listen.

25.   A dozen people spoke against and no one said anything in support of a gun bill backed by the National Rifle Association on Wednesday.

26.   A few of the proposals put forward were so far-reaching that even safety activists spoke against them at the hearings.

27.   A man who wants a judge to protect him from debtors speaking against the courts?

28.   Albright spoke against a backdrop of deep and unsettling changes in Asia that administration officials said played a part in her opening to Iran.

29.   Brower also spoke against the indiscriminate use of herbicides and pesticides.

30.   But all but one of the speakers spoke against the bill, saying it would unravel efforts to encourage minority hiring and contracting and diversify university enrollments.