21.   No matter how much speculation occurs, or how many disbelieving reporters press him, that fact will never change.

22.   On a recent four-day trip to California, the Texas governor was pressed by reporters on his record.

23.   Pressed by reporters, he stepped to the right, claiming his support for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion and for the anti-abortion Republican platform.

24.   Pressed by reporters, however, Rowland said he thought that the system had probably fallen short.

25.   Pressed by reporters Thursday in Ottawa, Canadian Minister of National Defense Art Eggleton promised an aggressive probe of the circumstances of the bombing.

26.   Pressed by reporters to clarify his offensive statements, Corzine declined, and became increasingly tongue-tied as he deviated from a prepared statement.

27.   Pressed by reporters to explain his stance on Mandela, Cheney said he had voted against sanctions on South Africa because he has generally opposed unilateral sanctions.

28.   Pressed by reporters, Boucher declined to identify those countries.

29.   Pressed by reporters in Italy, Peres said the meeting next week would be the first of three he would hold with Arafat.