21.   A few months before, Wall Street might have shrugged off the bad news and lapped up the new shares.

22.   A soft-spoken bear of a man, Maple shrugs off such accolades.

23.   After the game, Sheffield shrugged off the incident, saying it was an expected part of the game.

24.   Bush shrugged off such criticism Thursday.

25.   Bush promises this, Gore promises that, and the women shrug off the possibility that either will improve their lives.

26.   Bush shrugged it off Friday.

27.   But Chairman Alain Enthoven shrugged off such claims, though he acknowledged he has a long track record as an advocate for managed competition in the health field.

28.   But Ewing is used to skepticism and shrugged off concerns about his conditioning.

29.   But Japan, paralyzed politically and still shrugging off a recession, faces not merely tactical problems, but the need to compensate for its strategic errors.

30.   But Samsonov shrugged off the importance of the goals, preferring to talk about the team.