21.   His owner, a member of the ruling family of Dubai in the Persian Gulf, has hundreds of horses in Europe and North America.

22.   If the ruling family does not know the antidote to this trend, they remain keenly aware of the risks.

23.   Inspectors said his flight was caused partly by their discovery of his biological weapons program, which damaged his standing with the ruling family.

24.   Islamic opposition to ruling families has started to affect other gulf kingdoms such as Bahrain where dissident Shiites have bombed several downtown hotels.

25.   It has an elected National Assembly with limited powers that can be overridden by the ruling family.

26.   It is understood that ruling families are not eager to cede power, and that those who call for their ouster would be punished.

27.   Mohammed is part of the ruling family of Dubai, a tiny Middle Eastern country that is roughly the size of Austin.

28.   Much of the result was pocketed by the ruling Somoza family.

29.   Of all the Arab ruling families that might have reason to be wary of democracy, the Khalifa of Bahrain stand out.

30.   Senior members of the ruling family reject the idea that they somehow allowed the education system to help shape extremists.