61.   Carolyn Joy Lee, a Manhattan attorney who represented two commuters from New Jersey, praised the decision.

62.   Education groups praised the decision.

63.   Environmentalists praised the decision.

64.   Former foreign minister Borys Tarasiuk praised the decision.

65.   Freshman recruit Jared Jeffries, the Indiana high school Mr. Basketball and Gatorade national player of the year, also praised the decision.

66.   He praised the decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and said the prospects of further cuts will help speed the United States through its decline.

67.   Her decision was praised by Bruce Rogow, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University in Davie.

68.   Human rights activists praised the decision, which came on a national day of protest against mounting violence by leftist rebels and their paramilitary adversaries.

69.   Japan, which ranks Taiwan as its fourth-largest trading partner, was quick to praise the decision.

70.   Justice Minister, Valentin Kovalyov, later praised the decision.