61.   All along, officials in Washington speculated that Cuba would never turn over someone reputed to have information linking Cuban officials to criminal activities, like drug smuggling.

62.   Business owners and police step up security efforts during the holidays to reduce criminal activity and make parking lots and stores safer.

63.   But executive privilege cannot be invoked in all instances, particularly if a possible criminal activity is involved.

64.   But government prosecutors say his strong-armed tactics escalated into criminal activity -- including murder.

65.   But law enforcement officials say some of the organizations have provided cover for a range of criminal activity.

66.   But letters to family and friends and a surreptitious network of communication inside prisons have allowed the gangs to continue expanding their influence and criminal activity, officials said.

67.   But people other than athletes are coddled, by family or society, and not all engage in criminal activities.

68.   But Reno says the investigation has not yet found evidence of criminal activity by anyone covered by the independent counsel law.

69.   But Mogilevich said that the two men were only friends, and that neither had engaged in criminal activity.

70.   But some tongs also have long been known as cover organizations for wide-ranging criminal activities, including gambling, smuggling, drug distribution, prostitution, and murder.