21.   The loudest initial protest Sunday came not from Palestinians or the United States, but from residents of the Israeli towns to be annexed, especially Mevasseret Zion.

22.   The loudest protests have come from landlocked Aragon, which sees the Ebro water as its only real natural resource, and fears losing it.

23.   The protest came a day after Ohio National Guardsmen shot and killed four students during a demonstration at Kent State Unversity in Ohio.

24.   The protest came four days after Gov. Christie Whitman of New Jersey said she would decline future invitations to appear on the show.

25.   The protest comes two weeks before a World Trade Organization deadline to agree liberalization of telecommunications markets worldwide.

26.   The strongest protests have come from Australia, New Zealand, and other Pacific countries.

27.   With a few minutes to spare before leaving to meet Mfume at Penn Station, he answered the phone and worked out details for protests to come.

28.   Other protests Tuesday came from Japan, the Philippines and Southeast Asian nations.

29.   And the protests come after several food crises -- from mad cow disease to dioxin-tainted chicken -- have shaken consumer confidence in industrialized agriculture.

30.   But although the baptism may be blocked, the protests came too late to halt the sale.