21.   Reporters were kept outside IOC headquarters by security guards and police officers.

22.   Reporters were generally kept away from the presidents, which was otherwise filled with all the traditions and pomp that come with state visits.

23.   Reporters were kept at a distance during tightly scripted events, making it impossible to pose questions to the president.

24.   Security was tight around the event, and reporters were kept away.

25.   She uses Secret Service agents to keep reporters at bay as though they were ... well, mere citizens.

26.   So, grieving and wanting to honor their slain leader, they made it their cause to keep white reporters out of meetings among blacks.

27.   Still, McCurry did keep White House reporters laughing, and in his farewell performance last Thursday, most applauded him for so charmingly deflecting their questions.

28.   The fighting sounded intense, although reporters were kept more than a mile from the action.

29.   The protective shell around Peter not only kept reporters away, but in some ways isolated him from his teammates, who basically stayed away.

30.   The Russian military kept most reporters well away from Grozny fighting.