11.   Chechen authorities have put the casualties at several hundred.

12.   Even though they had long been economically unviable, the Communist authorities put greater stress on jobs than efficiency.

13.   Geneticists are developing ethical rules as their experience grows, but some wonder whether a higher authority should be putting the brakes on commercial distribution of tests.

14.   He had authorities put her on an airplane.

15.   Local authorities put the number even lower.

16.   McLucas said federal authorities have put a high priority on targeting dishonest brokers, as more Americans invest in securities markets.

17.   My photographer and I were the only ones the Kenyan authorities put through emigration formalities.

18.   On Thursday, Palestinian authorities put Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the paraplegic spiritual leader of the Islamic militant group, Hamas, under house arrest.

19.   Recently, government tax authorities put a lien on Gazprom assets until a deal for higher taxes was worked out.