31.   The Dayton accord accepted that reality, to the distress of many Bosnians who fought to preserve their multiethnic country.

32.   The FTC acts independently, and it has been aggressive under President Bill Clinton in fighting to preserve competition in consolidating industries.

33.   The London-based organization fights to preserve wildlife in Africa including the rhino.

34.   The liberty our nation continues to enjoy exists only because the people have fought to preserve it.

35.   The players are no less culpable for fighting to preserve a broken status quo.

36.   The prosecutors fought to preserve their case.

37.   The ruling was a setback for local phone companies, including a GTE Corp. subsidiary, which fought to preserve the FCC rules.

38.   There had been a number of suggestions of places or buildings that might be named after her, including Grand Central Terminal, which she fought to preserve.

39.   There, U.S. negotiators have been fighting to preserve the right to shelter the politically powerful domestic textile industry.

40.   They lost no opportunity, however, to talk about the federal programs they are fighting to preserve.