21.   Russian security officers have denied that they pressured Babkin, and they said that his statement was taken in the presence of an attorney and his interrogation was videotaped.

22.   Schlessinger, who declined to be interviewed about the protest, has said in articles and broadcast commentaries that her statements are being taken out of context.

23.   She has said that while she opposes homosexuality, the gay rights groups are taking her statements out of context.

24.   Schools take statements like these seriously and so should we.

25.   Some take that statement at face value.

26.   Statements were taken from the players and the coaches, officials said.

27.   Some analysts took the statement as a show of pique, but the company insisted that it was serious about its intention to look for partners elswhere in Europe.

28.   That same day, an aide to the lawyer came by the jail and took a statement from him.

29.   That statement could be taken as something other than positive.

30.   That was hardly the case earlier this month, when its lawyers took sworn statements known as depositions from whistle-blower and defendant Jeffrey Wigand.