21.   German officials are now trying to find a way to provide evidence that could not be used to justify the imposition of the death penalty.

22.   He has heard members spin dark tales of conspiracies by federal government agencies, and he has found evidence that a peculiar religious rhetoric gets used to justify bigotry.

23.   He points out that evolution has been used to justify eugenics and racism.

24.   In both cases, amazingly high profits were reported and used to justify big payouts to Dunlap, only to have auditors later conclude the profits were fictitious.

25.   In May, three reporters filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court, arguing that a strict new media law used to justify the arrests is unconstitutional.

26.   Instead, the name of God is used to justify vices that are the opposite of these virtues.

27.   It is also used to justify the need for more health care for women and the way in which research money is allocated.

28.   McCall, who is from Manhattan, had said in recent weeks that he doubted many of the figures that the governor had used to justify the deal.

29.   Monday happens to be the first anniversary of the new Russian Constitution, a document that Yeltsin has used to justify the invasion of Chechnya.

30.   Nevertheless, it remains, even though the deficit crisis used to justify it no longer exists.