41.   The threat of persecution, the court found, came from her father, with the implicit sanction of the Mexican government.

42.   This task has little but the sanction of history to recommend it and is possible only because law versus equity was an intelligible line in the eighteenth century.

43.   When asked specifically about recognition of gay marriage, Gore pointed out that both he and Bradley were opposed to formal state sanction of same-sex unions.

44.   While many hailed the ruling because it allows private organizations to set their own moral course, gay rights supporters condemn it as a sanction of discrimination.

45.   Without the legal sanction of the people through their state agencies, corporations would not exist.

46.   With the trial winding down, both sides struggled to bridge the partisan gulf to find an agreement on a sanction of Clinton short of impeachment.

47.   Oregon voters decided whether to forbid encouragement, promotion or sanction of homosexuality in public school instruction, from kindergarten to community college.

48.   And all this with the sanction of police who cautioned that civilians at least be first trained to handle weapons.

49.   Beijing has vowed sanctions of its own in return.

50.   China has threatened sanctions of its own in retaliation.