21.   Cummings said that Maryland had made strides in race relations and he feared that state sanction of the Confederate emblem would undermine the efforts.

22.   Eagleburger said getting U.N. consensus for peacekeeping actions began with the Bush administration and the U.N. sanction of the Persian Gulf War and worked well.

23.   Gore would prevent HMOs that drop coverage of Medicare recipients from returning to that market for four years, double the existing sanction of two years.

24.   Hall said sanctions of community service or parenting classes may be beneficial but not jail or fines.

25.   If Japan imposed sanctions of its own, however, the tensions could increase.

26.   If someone violates an injunction, sanctions of imprisonment or fines can be brought quickly, he added.

27.   If that were to happen, the United States would surely retaliate with stiff sanctions of its own.

28.   Instinctive senses of fair play and proportion have kept most Americans away from the ultimate sanction of impeachment.

29.   It is not even clear yet whether Basayev is working with the sanction of his commander.

30.   Japan has warned that it would slap sanctions of its own on Federal Express Corp. and Northwest Airlines Inc. if the U.S. sanctions go through.