11.   The company denied all responsibility for the fraud, insisting that the staff involved had acted without the knowledge of their superiors.

12.   The advisers attached particular importance to the feedback sessions so that recommendations could be acted on without the delay anticipated in the production of the final report.

13.   But Attlee and others believed that Britain could not act without the support of or against the wishes of the United States.

14.   On both occasions the solicitor had acted without authority and the transactions were frauds on the bank.

15.   Grappelli claimed they acted without reference to him, and the concerts had to be cancelled.

16.   The Irish Government could not act without consulting the SDLP and the SDLP delegates had to refer everything, he says, back to John Hume.

17.   He said Mr Morgan, contacted by radio, acknowledged the fighters belonged to him but said they acted without his orders or consent.

18.   Analysts interpreted that to mean Lyonnaise was unwilling to act without the approval of UAP and BNP.

19.   And imagine that this man acts without any cooperation with the Supreme Court, Senate, Congress, and the president.

20.   As is often the case with appeals that they decline to hear, the Supreme Court justices acted without a written opinion Monday.