21.  But Hassan, a loyal stand-in, was said to have taken news of his demotion badly.

22.  But he took the news in stride on Wednesday.

23.  But Hock, manager of the AIM Global Growth Fund, was taking the news in stride.

24.  But in the European Union, environmental officials are taking the news much more seriously.

25.  But the general public seemed to take the news nonchalantly, and business continued as normal in Lima.

26.  But the Palestinians took the news hard, and read it differently.

27.  But the market took the news well.

28.  But they all take the news differently.

29.  But when Pentagon leaders took the news to Capitol Hill Tuesday, Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee were skeptical.

30.  Ceravsky, a computer technician, took the news philosophically.