1.   Acacia Shields, a Human Rights Watch researcher, said the authorities had resorted to subterfuge and delays to block him from sharing his account with the world.

2.   In both Gujarat and Rajasthan, the authorities are resorting to transporting water by road, in tanker trucks and even by train to stave off disaster.

3.   After failing to purchase the company, the authorities resorted to illegal means to gain control of it, he charged.

4.   Authorities have also resorted to shock tactics, displaying cars demolished in accidents beside several main roads in an attempt to scare drivers into better behavior behind the wheel.

5.   Authorities have increasingly resorted to the power to punish dissidents.

6.   Chinese authorities have resorted to such labor camp sentences for dissidents with increasing frequency in the past year because they are able to avoid court proceedings.

7.   Sometimes authorities resort to sending photos of distinctive clothing or belt buckles to villages in Mexico, Macken said.

8.   In demonstrations over recent months, protesters threw stones at officers, set offices and clinics on fire, while the authorities resorted to tear gas to disperse them.

9.   While waiting for parliament to decide on the matter, the authorities resorted to jamming satellite broadcasts.

10.   Sources there said the authorities had resorted to large scale arrests, but exact figures was not immediately available.