21.   Her statements came in the face of mounting criticism from significant playwrights and others within the theater world.

22.   His statement came a day after three leading opposition candidates asserted that the electoral commission had deliberately sent too few ballots to opposition strongholds, to hinder voting.

23.   His statement came toward the end of a day when hopes soared and sank as rumors swirled about possible bids to break the impasse.

24.   His controversial statements came Monday on the first day of the trial in an antitrust suit brought by San Francisco developer Clint Reilly.

25.   His statement came just hours after Secretary of State Madeleine Albright publicly called for Suharto to step down.

26.   Hoping to make this statement come true, the new generation leaders are busy building alliances and networks to better their chances of political survival after Deng departs.

27.   If said by any other rock deity, that statement would come across as egomaniacal hyperbole, but from Brian Wilson, it sounds strangely endearing and self-effacing.

28.   In phone calls, the most critical statement came from the office of Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine.

29.   Its statement came even as competition for satellite launches stiffened around the world.

30.   Monthly statements come by e-mail.