31.   Both used much of their five minutes to ramble about what they said was the corruption and injustice of the Texas prison system.

32.   According to diplomats and business executives, corruption is a way of life for public servants.

33.   All of the law-enforcement officials at the news conference said the corruption was isolated, not systemic.

34.   But backers of privatization say in the long run, more jobs will be created and there will be less corruption.

35.   But corruption has been the sharpest bone of contention.

36.   But corruption is so systematic and has such a long history in the country that past efforts to clean it up have been thwarted.

37.   But corruption is still widespread, perhaps more so even than it was under General Noriega.

38.   But crime specialists say corruption is endemic in the police force.

39.   But corruption is an even more potent issue within China, and the new leadership knows it.

40.   But experts say that corruption is a major problem and that police and army officers are deeply enmeshed in the gun trade.