11.  Muted responses from United States officials reflected some uneasiness in Washington with the idea that former government leaders can be held responsible by foreign courts.

12.  Perhaps designers should start adding their own applause track like television does to cover up a muted response.

13.  Several factors may explain the muted response.

14.  Suns Coach Danny Ainge seemed mystified by the muted response from announced sellout crowd at America West.

15.  The American Civil Liberties Union, meanwhile, offered a similarly muted response.

16.  The high emotion and pageantry Tuesday stood in stark contrast to the muted response last week to an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank.

17.  The interest group most closely associated with Medicare, the American Association of Retired Persons, had a muted response to that Friday.

18.  The issues have gotten a more muted response, however, from official Bolivia.

19.  The news of the sharp decline in the black unemployment rate brought a muted response from some civil rights organizations.

20.  The plan to broaden the negotiating process was greeted with a muted response by Egyptian officials.