21.   The billboards are intended to get Georgian authorities to act against a rise in kidnappings of foreigners and local people.

22.   The decision to arrest Milosevic just as the deadline for the renewal of aid approached showed that the Yugoslav authorities had acted only under outside pressure, Leahy said.

23.   Authorities did act, charging Kevorkian with first-degree murder and other charges.

24.   Authorities are acting to stop the spread of the mosquitoes that carry yellow fever, he said.

25.   Authorities reportedly acted on a tip that a foreigner was about to smuggle a drug out of the country.

26.   Boucher made clear the United States did not need U.N. authority to act, however.

27.   But in the past, authorities could only act if someone complained.

28.   But it raised anew the emotional question of whether Russian authorities acted responsibly and capably.

29.   But some press reports from the Turkish Cypriot side say authorities have not acted to prevent such acts.

30.   But Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said authorities acted against those who were breaking the law.