21.   Castaneda has denied exerting pressure on Castro and said that U.S. officials have not pressured Mexico to distance itself from Cuba.

22.   Chen complained last week that Chinese officials had pressured him to make extensive changes.

23.   Cho claimed that top Defense Ministry officials pressured his office to alter evaluation methods to favor Boeing.

24.   Cho appeared on MBC-TV last Sunday and said senior ministry officials had pressured his test-flight team to change evaluation methods in favor of Boeing.

25.   Cuban officials at the time insisted that Mexican officials pressured Castro to leave early at the insistence of the Bush administration.

26.   Ethnic Albanian politicians insisted they were not to blame and called on Western officials to pressure Slavs to show more flexibility.

27.   However, House aides say administration officials are pressuring House Speaker Dennis Hastert to take the Senate bill instead of the bill approved by the House Judiciary Committee.

28.   In a cassette tape recorded before his arrest, Cho claims that a senior Defense Ministry official pressured him to support U.S. aircraft maker Boeing Co. in the project.

29.   Japanese loans are the only major source of foreign credit for Iran, and U.S. officials had pressured Japan for months not to go ahead with the package.

30.   Japanese loans are the only major source of foreign credit for Iran, and U.S. officials had pressured Japan for months to suspend the commitment.