61.   All abuse is wrong.

62.   But abuse is inherent in the concept of an unaccountable prosecutor with unlimited resources.

63.   But across Capitol Hill in committee, members bickered furiously, personally about just how bad spending abuses were last year.

64.   But abuse is abuse, and it seems not to end on Varick Street.

65.   But abuse is erosion.

66.   But even when abuses are not apparent, there are few accountability procedures in place anywhere to monitor how the forfeited money is spent.

67.   But exactly where the line falls between acceptable physical punishment and child abuse is unclear, officials say.

68.   But he acknowledged that there had been abuses by producers trying to maximize income before a reckoning with the critics.

69.   But Huard denied there is widespread abuse of the program, saying high-tech industry has benefited enormously from foreign workers.

70.   But in countries such as Bosnia, Rwanda, Cambodia, Burundi and Congo, human-rights abuses have been the greatest threat to peace.