31.   Despite the bleak prediction, Barak renewed his vow to pull out by July with or without an agreement with Syria, the main power broker in Lebanon.

32.   He renewed that vow early Wednesday.

33.   Meanwhile, state officials renewed their vow to withhold payments from the contractor operating the stations.

34.   The move prompted Mitchell to speak out in a radio interview Sunday, renewing his vow to wrest control of the company from the WRB.

35.   Their misgivings were reinforced when, just after voting started, China renewed its vow to annul the elections because of reforms introduced by Gov. Chris Patten.

36.   They renew their vows yearly until taking final vows in five years, he said.

37.   Thousands more renew their vows.

38.   Arafat has renewed a vow to fight terror after Israel effectively put the peace process on ice.