31.   Bush was aiming to project an air of normalcy even as the government warned of possible new terror attacks.

32.   But as the latest in a spate of terror attacks, the bombing hardened hearts.

33.   But he said the terror attack had pushed the stadium project to a back burner of development priorities.

34.   But however caused, those terror attacks and ill-timed Chechen troublemaking ignited Russian fear and fury at the dark-skinned, independence-minded Muslims.

35.   But in myriad ways, visible and invisible, the terror attack has left its indelible mark on their young lives.

36.   But officials have confirmed that it expressed concern that bin Laden and other groups could be using the flight schools to prepare for terror attacks.

37.   But in the wake of the terror attacks in America, tension over the issue has dissipated.

38.   But others have said the service should not ask Congress for money to offset losses that took place before the terror attacks.

39.   But it made no mention of the terror attacks of the past two weeks, and so stood virtually no chance of escaping an American veto.

40.   But one Sunday afternoon in mid-October, as the book was about to go to press, he said, he wrote out his recollections of the terror attacks.