1.   As a result, although small leftist groups staged scattered protests, no prominent figure of any persuasion criticized his message, at least in public.

2.   Monsanto says scattered protests have come only from another three.

3.   Scattered protests have mostly been avoided, and long stretches of the road pass with no people in sight at all.

4.   Scattered protests and other disturbances have been reported with growing frequency.

5.   Students clashed with the police again today in Medan, a city in northern Indonesia, and there were scattered protests on campuses in Jakarta and Surabaya.

6.   The scattered protests were brief, ending in arrest, but their frequency forced police to close part of the square for at least half an hour.

7.   The speech drew only scattered protests, but not many plaudits either.

8.   There were scattered protests about ballot box fraud.

9.   There were scattered anti-abortion protests Monday near the Supreme Court, as there are every year on the anniversary of the ruling.

10.   To organize additional forces, President Milosevic has been mobilizing reservists, a move that has led to some scattered political protests and demonstrations in Serbia.