31.   The tense relations between some lesbian groups and the police in brownstone Brooklyn stem in part from an earlier incident.

32.   They echoed earlier incidents that were verified, however, by NATO.

33.   Reacting to earlier incidents this week of ethnically motivated violence the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo demanded that those responsible be punished.

34.   A member of the opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party and another supporter of the ruling party were killed in earlier incidents.

35.   Abdullo reportedly took the action to avenge an earlier incident in which his men were detained by government troops.

36.   Administrative Law Judge Mumtaz Bari-Brown had dismissed charges against Graceffo stemming from an earlier incident in which he also used discretion.

37.   After that earlier incident, the NCAA adopted a new rule allowing officials to watch replays to review disputes over time at the end of games.

38.   Ardzinba called the earlier incident involving the U.N. observers an attempt to destabilize the region, ITAR-Tass reported.

39.   Bridges denied threatening Williams with his service firearm, as she alleged, but he admitted he had hit and injured her in an earlier incident.

40.   Earlier incidents illustrate the continued anger at Israel by many Jordanians, especially the shooting of Israeli schoolgirls.