21.   That will be the harder message for the American public to hear.

22.   The American public has heard about the suffering of youth in Afghanistan.

23.   The American public heard much about Japanese atrocities but nothing about its desire for peace.

24.   The public generally hears about domestic violence cases when government fails.

25.   The public heard pieces of them for the first time when actors Helen Hayes and Kirk Douglas read excerpts aloud for a museum celebration that year.

26.   The president, who gets many death threats that the public never hears about, vetoed this reckless measure.

27.   The public has been hearing for weeks now that Bush is a natural, charismatic politician while Gore is stiff and a boring speaker.

28.   The public hears the end-welfare talk as a cost-saving measure.

29.   The release of portions of her deposition Friday by lawyers for Paula Jones allowed the public to hear the account in her own words for the first time.

30.   They admitted that, of course, the public was hearing nothing new since both sides were working from a now all too familiar record.