71.   Although unauthorized public protests are banned, in many cases, the authorities have sought to defuse such demonstrations peacefully, particularly when they involve the elderly.

72.   Also, hundreds of documents must be translated into English from Chinese, and authorities are seeking documents from China and companies based there, Christie said.

73.   As authorities seek information about what happened to Chandra Levy, an e-mail surfaced that Levy sent two days before Christmas suggesting she was dating someone connected to Congress.

74.   As provincial authorities seek to privatize state businesses and attract new investment from technology companies, industrial workers have rallied against the effort, predicting there will be layoffs.

75.   Authorities are seeking inflatable dinghies for those at risk of drowning, tents for the homeless and generators to provide electricity for shelters.

76.   Authorities are seeking to place the girl in the custody of child protective services, Ms. Feinstein-Portales said.

77.   Authorities at first sought to portray him as a lone, anti-Olympics attacker.

78.   Authorities sought to soothe consumer fears, arguing that the levels of potentially cancer-causing PCB in the pork feed were not excessive.

79.   Authorities were seeking information on two well-dressed men spotted at the murder scene in a foreign car.

80.   Authorities were seeking the bus driver, who fled in a taxi.