11.   But a Republican administration would not feel the pressures against trade liberalization that labor, some environmentalists and human-rights advocates have been mounting.

12.   But how do you get the public interested in the efforts to do good journalism, to understand the pressures against doing it?

13.   But officials have complained that too many details of the battle plan had been leaked to newspapers and noted that there was heavy international pressure against an attack.

14.   But the biggest change has come from the informants, whose numbers continue to grow as Italian prosecutors keep up pressure against organized crime.

15.   But the delay gave free trade opponents such as the AFL-CIO the time to build grass-roots pressure against renewal.

16.   But the group has proved ineffectual because its powers are limited and some members, notably Russia, oppose strong pressure against Serbia.

17.   Congressional pressure against China mounted, especially after crackdowns by Beijing on pro-democracy activists.

18.   During my matches, I felt pressure against the base of my throat, like someone pushing a thumb against my windpipe.

19.   Europe, more dependent on Mideast oil imports than the United States, has been reluctant to apply economic or diplomatic pressure against Iran.

20.   Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on television Wednesday urging more pressure against Arafat.