51.   After a High Court ruling outlawed the practice the government sought to create a legal justification for their detention.

52.   After top civilian officials denied that the government had sought to close the ceremony, journalists were allowed to return.

53.   Albright approved a modest joint statement on U.S.-Mongolian relations that the government here had sought as a formal recognition of American interest and support.

54.   Both measures fall short of the kind of assistance that the government here seeks and that Pentagon officials would like to offer.

55.   But afterward Arab governments immediately sought and got assurances from Washington that the warning only concerned states that might turn out to have links with Mr. Bin Laden.

56.   But Assistant Attorney General Douglas Melamed said the government had sought any relief Jackson thought necessary, and that Jackson had the power to issue the injunction.

57.   But Clinton said he believes all Americans benefit when government seeks to help previously excluded groups improve themselves.

58.   But both governments have sought mightily to sway the final outcome.

59.   But death penalty experts who have followed the case say they ultimately expect the government to seek the death penalty against all three.

60.   But for now, the presumption ought to be that the government will seek to salvage things.