31.   One of those defendants is the Shook Hardy law firm being threatened with judicial sanctions in the Minnesota case.

32.   Philip Morris Cos. and other tobacco companies face sanctions in a Minnesota court for withholding documents.

33.   Relly had opposed sanctions in the apartheid era, arguing that they hurt blacks, as well as business, a view that the ANC opposed.

34.   Several polls showed an increase in public support for easing sanctions in the wake of the Elian case.

35.   So Simpson included tougher sanctions in his bill.

36.   Some Arab leaders have even called for the end of economic sanctions in an attempt to bring Saddam back into the fold.

37.   Still, the groundswell of criticism of the banks resulted in recent sanctions in the U.S. against UBS.

38.   Such an outcome would strengthen the U.S. policy of keeping sanctions in place indefinitely.

39.   Support for sanctions in the United Nations against Iraq had eroded, Clinton noted.

40.   That would have made it harder to counter French and Russian demands for at least a partial lifting of sanctions in response.