21.   As Taiwan has sought protection against the unwanted advances of an increasingly brittle Chinese leadership, those advances have become all the more insistent.

22.   At the same time, he has sought protection of Social Security and Medicare and has moved his party from the left to the center.

23.   At the time, Solv-Ex warned investors it might seek court protection in the U.S. as well.

24.   Bankruptcy protection was sought and a few players reached the end of the line.

25.   Austrian bankers said it was no surprise that Maculan decided to seek court protection and predicted a potential buyer would emerge in the next week.

26.   Because the company does not have enough cash to cover any such conversion, such demand could force the company to seek bankruptcy protection.

27.   Beginning at noon on Monday, lawyers descended on Enron again, struggling to assemble a list of creditors and other information they needed to finally seek bankruptcy protection.

28.   Bisbee, the lawyer for Ms. Watkins, Ms. Lopes and Ms. Thomas, insisted that his clients meet the legal test for seeking bankruptcy protection.

29.   A decade ago, it was forced to seek bankruptcy protection, in part because of an ill-advised acquisition that bears similarities to the Hills deal.

30.   A fourth company, animal feed manufacturer Chun Kwang Industrial Co. was also expected to seek court protection from its creditors, according to the Korea Stock Exchange.