21.   As head of the Jewish Affairs Section of the Bordeaux police, Papon enjoyed considerable autonomy.

22.   Because China has promised to grant Hong Kong considerable autonomy, Taiwan exempts Hong Kong from the tight restrictions it places on direct contacts with the mainland.

23.   Britain does not have a national police force, and regional forces have considerable autonomy.

24.   China runs Hong Kong as a special administrative region with considerable autonomy.

25.   Earlier this year, the Tamil Tigers broke off peace talks and rejected a government plan that would have given Tamil-dominated provinces considerable autonomy.

26.   Georgia wants to give Abkhazia considerable autonomy, but not the full independence that it insists it already has.

27.   In Croatia, rebel Serbs have rejected a separate peace plan designed to reintegrate the one-third of Croatian territory they hold but with considerable autonomy.

28.   Serbs captured one-third of Croatian territory and have rejected a peace plan that would deny them independence but give them considerable autonomy.

29.   The analysts are also surprised that he ordered a crackdown after granting considerable autonomy earlier to the independence-minded Tatar Muslims.

30.   The border between China and Hong Kong, which enjoys considerable local autonomy from Beijing, remains tightly controlled.