21.   General prosperity has the appearance of having increased, but political uncertainty and U.S. economic sanctions over human rights abuses have cut into further potential development.

22.   Hayes told reporters she was not yet looking at sanctions over beef, and she was hoping the issue could still be sorted out.

23.   In the past few years, Tech has lost nine scholarships because of NCAA sanctions over recruiting and unethical conduct.

24.   Libya presses for end to sanctions over Pan Am bombing.

25.   Liberian President Charles Taylor, facing the threat of U.N. sanctions over accusations of weapons and diamond smuggling with Sierra Leonean rebels, was among the celebrants.

26.   Russia has threatened sanctions over the treatment.

27.   Sudan denies they are in the country and is fighting to stave off U.N. sanctions over the incident.

28.   Syed Husin said the US has tried to manipulate the Security Council to prolong sanctions over Iraq and force its leader, President Saddam Hussein, out.

29.   The Clinton administration has threatened to impose sanctions over the whaling.

30.   The government in Khartoum denies they are in the country and is fighting to stave off U.N. sanctions over the incident.