1.   And MTA officials protested that they tried to make the vending machine purchase competitive, though they had no duty to do so.

2.   After US team officials protested that the knockdown was accidental, the appeals jury looked at the videotape and agreed.

3.   But when a Religious Affairs Ministry official protested that the mixed service violated regulations, Police Chief Yair Yitzhaki ordered the Conservatives away.

4.   Last October, for example, when State Department officials protested his visit to Libya, saying it violated U.N. sanctions, Mandela made no secret of his fury.

5.   Party officials protested that the militants were provocateurs sent to discredit them.

6.   Oswiecim officials immediately protested the order, saying the development, scheduled to open in June, was needed.

7.   Since North Koreans starting streaming into China several years ago, many driven by severe food shortages, U.N. officials have quietly protested the lack of access.

8.   Tennis officials protest the very idea of class warfare.

9.   The defense had won the right at a court hearing Monday to do the cutting themselves but laboratory officials protested to Superior Court Judge Lance Ito.

10.   They were turned down when officials from Callahan County protested their application.