11.   All three testified that Wilkins was not mentally competent to stand trial or proceed without a lawyer.

12.   Almost obscured by domestic fears was the war in Afghanistan, which proceeded without letup to include airstrikes on Taliban targets.

13.   Although many polls opened at least half an hour later than scheduled, voting around Orizaba proceeded without any significant disturbances reported.

14.   An initial loading in the morning proceeded without incident.

15.   And most of the companies that would have proceeded without government help said their projects would have taken about two years longer to complete.

16.   Any expansion that proceeds without public dollars would be a relief to critics who have watched money flow into downtown sports projects.

17.   As the characters proceed almost without speech or exposition, the viewer must grapple with a narrative that swerves with whiplash suddenness.

18.   At the hearing, Judge David Videon said a competency evaluation could proceed without delaying the start of the trial.

19.   Batts has delayed the trial in order to decide whether it will be fair to proceed without Risenhoover.

20.   Better monitoring should reduce poaching and smuggling to acceptable levels, allowing legal trade to proceed without stimulating the illegal sort.