21.   But if the concept is fresh, the execution is stale.

22.   But most Oklahomans, especially those directly affected by the blast, said the execution of McVeigh was justice long overdue.

23.   But opponents of the death penalty say his execution would be an expression of political expediency.

24.   But the actual execution has been positively intolerable.

25.   But the execution is painfully real.

26.   But the execution is first-rate.

27.   But the execution was at times careless, at least to listeners accustomed to the high technical standards of the best American orchestras.

28.   But their execution is quite another matter.

29.   But there have been no executions here for more than a decade, and commentators predicted that the death sentences would probably be commuted to long prison terms.

30.   But those executions may have been the last.