21.   Grammarians make some fine distinctions among such compounds, but in one form or another they go back to the beginnings of English.

22.   He deals, moreover, with most of the world -- a world of love, evil, beauty, isolation, guilt, joy, fine distinctions . . .

23.   He said he doubted that juries really make such fine distinctions in the burden of proof.

24.   Hundreds of cases have been fought over these issues, sometimes over such fine distinctions as whether the immigrant were seized on sand, pavement or water.

25.   In fact, the fine moral distinction between being persecuted for who you are or being persecuted for what you are plays rather blurry on the big screen.

26.   Lawmakers have tried to make fine distinctions about when young people can legally have sex.

27.   Monday the Democratic leaders of both houses, Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota and Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri, urged Clinton to stop making fine distinctions.

28.   MUFON chapters across the nation do not discriminate on the basis of fine distinctions of alien beliefs, said Alice Leavy, MUFON Ventura chapter president.

29.   New accounting systems should be on line within the year, allowing the board to make fine distinctions.

30.   Saddam, however, has never been particularly concerned about such fine distinctions.