1.   And the convictions encouraged the families of victims to pressure local authorities to reopen cases.

2.   Instead, the Indians have mounted a media blitz to try to pressure authorities to back down.

3.   Now, she has become the spiritual leader of what she calls a campaign for justice to pressure the authorities to bring charges against Cash, a college sophomore.

4.   Residents of Tangshan, a small industrial city east of Beijing, won a landmark battle, pressuring authorities to shut down a noxious tire-recycling factory.

5.   Police have also claimed that Tommy, a one-time multimillionaire playboy, ordered a spate of bombings in Jakarta to pressure authorities into dropping the manhunt.

6.   A bomb-laden car exploded outside a downtown hotel Monday and an anonymous caller said the blast was intended to pressure authorities to release political prisoners.

7.   Activists worry that the Turin case will pressure authorities to scrap the AIDS incarceration ban.

8.   An anonymous caller said the blast was intended to pressure authorities to release political prisoners, believed to number in the hundreds.

9.   An explosion rocked an area outside a downtown hotel Monday and an anonymous caller said the blast was intended to pressure authorities to release political prisoners.

10.   Dismayed at rowdy fans and decaying, half-empty stadiums, the government reportedly is pressuring soccer authorities to professionalize team ownership and management.