21.   Fighting between the government and UNITA rebels has spread throughout Angola, but government officials said that army troops maintained a grip on the situation.

22.   He said Yeltsin already has his hands too full with his efforts to maintain his grip on power to be able to handle the situation in Chechnya effectively.

23.   Israeli forces maintained their grip Thursday on West Bank towns, but pulled out of a village where they had staged a bloody raid that left five Palestinians dead.

24.   Instead, it would probably help them maintain their grip on power.

25.   It would also help him maintain a grip on power once Parliament is restored.

26.   The conservative National Action Party headed for an election victory Monday that would maintain its grip on the first state governorship won by a Mexican opposition party.

27.   The government is trying to maintain its grip on communications in India, but officials are baffled by cyberspace.

28.   The Serbian government, which has maintained its grip on Kosovo through Yugoslav army troops and Serbian police units, is sure to reject such a demand.

29.   The West Indies took two wickets in the last half hour before lunch to maintain its grip on the second and final Cable And Wireless Test on Monday.

30.   This fact will not be lost on other dictators who have used the most brutal and violent means to maintain their grip on power.