11.   Perhaps the prospect of becoming international criminals ostracized by the scientific community would be enough to dissuade researchers who might otherwise be tempted to defy the ban.

12.   Resident leaders said they would also defy that ban.

13.   Taliban militiamen went into the offices of U.N. agencies to shut off computers and communications equipment, saying that any employees who defied the ban would face execution.

14.   The decision comes six months after Seagram began defying the ban by running television and radio commercials for several brands in scattered markets.

15.   They vow to defy the ban and gather in large numbers until they are allowed to march.

16.   Though the protesters defied a ban on demonstrations, the turnout for the march fell far below the expectations of its organizers.

17.   Organizers said they would defy the ban.

18.   Although some drivers defied the ban Monday, traffic in usually congested downtown Sao Paulo and neighboring districts was lighter than usual.

19.   Arafat vows to defy ban.

20.   Authorities banned the protests under sweeping security laws but organizers in the National Constitutional Assembly vowed to defy the ban.