31.   Because he knew drug dealers, the authorities tried to get him to testify against some of his acquaintances.

32.   Accidents are an ever-present danger even when authorities try to follow international arms-disposal agreements.

33.   Across the West Bank, though Palestinian authorities tried to contain the protests, crowds bellowed anti-American and pro-Iraqi slogans.

34.   Bunte said authorities are now trying to re-create the last days before the bodies were found and the mother disappeared.

35.   But as the French trade in fine wines matured, authorities repeatedly tried to ban Gouais in at least two regions to make room for more worthy cultivars.

36.   But authorities had not tried to arrest him because they hoped to avoid a confrontation like the one with the Branch Davidians near Waco.

37.   But militia leaders say they are convinced that the FBI and state authorities are actively trying to shut them down.

38.   But in the streets, the authorities tried to keep dissidents out of view throughout his visit.

39.   But when the authorities tried to get the teen-ager to gather evidence against the man, he smashed the recording device they had connected to his telephone.

40.   But U.S. authorities never tried to arrest Williams at his home in Jacksonville, Fla., nor has he been charged with a crime in the United States.