1.   Also, protests prompted cities and universities around the country to stop investing in companies with South African ties.

2.   And because some consumer protests prompted manufacturers to abandon animal testing of cosmetic ingredients, people are now the primary guinea pigs.

3.   A committee of government and university experts initially approved the loan, but subsequent protests prompted the Culture Ministry to seek the opinion of a new group of experts.

4.   He said that the vendors hoped the protest would prompt the City Council to enact legislation to create more balance in establishing the locations where the vendors can operate.

5.   In interviews last week, Library employees related Kafkaesque tales in which protests against supervisors prompted managers to question their sanity.

6.   Recent protests prompted severe censorship, with security officers confiscating the videotapes of reporters, leaving the demonstrations virtually unreported locally.

7.   The changes were set to be adopted last month, but pilot protests prompted the FAA not to include foreign and general aviation pilots.

8.   The Ethiopian protest prompted a government probe but eventually petered out.

9.   The protests prompted the posting of a police guard at the Bangalore restaurant, a step that Pepsico executives said had only a limited effect on patronage.

10.   The resultant protest prompted the grand pooh-bahs of Gratuitously Meddlesome Government to withdraw the proposal.