31.   Britain allocated them Friday to Protestant politicians instead.

32.   British-Irish proposals for all-party discussions on Northern Ireland met with resounding disapproval by Protestant politicians on Saturday.

33.   Bruton has scored points in a series of conciliatory meetings with Protestant politicians, who have traditionally seen Dublin as hostile to their interests.

34.   But mainstream Protestant politicians have been pressing to kick them out.

35.   But mainstream Protestant politicians accused her of dishonesty and erratic judgment.

36.   But mainstream Protestant politicians have refused to negotiate until the IRA demonstrates that its cease-fire is permanent.

37.   But Protestant politicians warned the two governments to make their decision on Sinn Fein soon.

38.   But pro-British Protestant politicians opposed to giving ground in negotiations asserted the attack was part of a Sinn Fein-IRA plan to increase pressure for concessions.

39.   But Sammy Wilson, a hard-line Protestant politician at the scene, defended the stone-throwing at the Catholic church grounds.

40.   Catholics blamed Protestant politicians and British Prime Minister John Major for backing the IRA into a corner by insisting on disarmament.