51.   But the insistent demand for change from the bottom also played what scholars say is an often overlooked role in smashing the communes.

52.   But the first day of their summit meeting produced no substantive economic agreements, which Western scholars said pointed to a fundamental flaw in that partnership.

53.   But scholars also said the Middle East conflict fosters the mixing of culture and politics into Islam.

54.   But such cases are difficult to win, legal scholars say, and this case has already sustained several legal setbacks.

55.   But those months, scholars say, have not been exempt from war either.

56.   But to retake the offensive, several scholars said, Bush must master the bully pulpit of the presidency to cast the political debate in his favor.

57.   But today, Muslim scholars universally say that Ishmael is the son Abraham takes to the mountain, and that the incident takes place in Mecca.

58.   But the problem, legal scholars say, is in defining a nuisance or health threat.

59.   But their history is littered with deadly misunderstandings, scholars say.

60.   But, Jewish scholars say, most have not taken the prayer literally.