21.   That prompted his decision to attend Tech instead.

22.   The airline said Tuesday that its decision was prompted by Venezuelan foreign exchange controls that force companies to buy dollars on the more expensive open exchange.

23.   The court decision was prompted by an investigation that seemed to link him to the practice of paying party workers with government money.

24.   The decision was prompted by complaints from Scott Paper that its sales were declining because of the delay in implementing the acquisition, which was announced in July.

25.   The Correctional Service of Canada said concern for the health of all inmates prompted its decision to stub out all smoking in stir.

26.   There has been speculation that the decision was prompted by a bitter battle between Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the former president of Walt Disney Productions.

27.   There were reports that support for Livingston had begun to erode in the Republican caucus, prompting his decision.

28.   These days, however, slipping revenues and a large investment in its mini-van project prompted the decision to seek a partner.

29.   They spoke tearfully about the disorders that had threatened their lives and those of their fetuses, and that had prompted agonizing decisions.

30.   Those circumstances prompted the decision by the Kennedy family to begin carting away flowers and by the Police Department to force visitors to circle the shrine in single file.