21.   A warning came from city authorities not to plant crops.

22.   But city authorities said an eighth person died overnight from wounds received in the blast.

23.   But none were heard demanding a more hard-edged response from city authorities.

24.   But the city authorities sought to soothe a small legion of animal rights activists by announcing that the city had not ordered the shooting of stray dogs.

25.   But, after the city authorities ordered the protest halted several hundred yards from the huge monument, several hundred demonstrators apparently infiltrated the crowd awaiting the pope.

26.   City authorities, which have launched a campaign of emergency measures to prevent the disease from spreading, have warned that nine other beaches are unsafe.

27.   City utility authorities have been reluctant to invest in dwellings that could be torn down at any time.

28.   City authorities have been extraordinarily cautious in their comments, clearly terrified of the impact that any further violence might have on the livelihood of the area.

29.   City authorities contend they are doing their best.

30.   City authorities have not said when the warnings not to sleep in the parks will turn into arrests.