31.   And he knew he would have to work hard to smooth over ruffled feathers in Beijing.

32.   But that did little to smooth ruffled feathers among Puerto Ricans.

33.   Cockfighters in the United States are on the ropes, with ruffled feathers and an uncertain future.

34.   Exchanges on Helms-Burton, however, left ruffled feathers.

35.   Hawking has at times ruffled scientific feathers with some of his more far fetched public statements.

36.   Israeli officials Friday tried to smooth ruffled Swiss feathers.

37.   One way that ESPN has sought to soothe ruffled feathers with cable operators is by promoting cable Internet service on its regular ESPN.com Web site.

38.   Presidential spokesman Rigoberto Tiglao tried to smooth ruffled feathers.

39.   The measure combines punitive measures with incentives for economic revitalization to smooth ruffled feathers.

40.   Ultimately, White House counselor Mack McLarty flew to Brazil to smooth ruffled feathers.