21.   A recent federal decision has given the independents a partial victory, granting them the right to those computer programs but setting no price for that access.

22.   A recent state Supreme Court decision that ruled against cutting trees in front of billboards along state highways appears to have stalled, if not doomed the project.

23.   Across Montana, a recent state decision to ease the certification of Indian language instructors has led to an upsurge in language instruction.

24.   Advocates of the SIDs say the recent decision will not halt their growth in New Jersey.

25.   Aides to Bishop Shaw, who supports women priests, said ideology had nothing to do with his recent decisions.

26.   Brodsky questioned the timing of the proposal, saying Pataki had come under fire for recent decisions involving the developmentally disabled.

27.   But a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision has energized the opposition and suggests that the stalemate could be as permanently damaging as that over abortion rights.

28.   But a recent federal appellate decision found the system had more potential for bias than for compassion.

29.   But he defended the agreement, saying recent Supreme Court decisions had undercut the statutory basis for the indictment.

30.   But the approach may gain momentum from the recent decision of the United States to seek similar credit for its own forests.