21.   It is unclear whether the Japanese shipping lines will pass on the cost of the sanctions in the form of higher rates to their customers.

22.   Jacoby becomes the third prominent Globe columnist to face major sanctions in the past two years.

23.   Khatami did not mention the U.S. sanctions in his remarks.

24.   Last year, the U.S. trade representative, Robert Zoellick equated sanctions in the foreign sales corporation case to dropping a nuclear bomb on transatlantic trade.

25.   Less than a year later, the NCAA dropped the sanctions in his lap.

26.   Like the recently-resolved scrap over autos, the U.S. has threatened Japan with sanctions in the air cargo dispute.

27.   Mr. Gingrich has agreed that this is the appropriate sanction in this matter.

28.   Of what use are tough words and stiffer economic sanctions in dealing with such a creature?

29.   Of all the sanctions in our criminal code, a death sentence is the least likely to be the result of error or caprice.

30.   Only ValuJet has suffered such a sanction in recent years.