11.  Asked if he had received any negative responses from people outside the NBA, Abbe acknowledged he had been deluged with e-mail messages.

12.  About the only lock is a negative response from a public that once again is seeing labor issues dominate sports news.

13.  But Marissa Gluck, a senior analyst with Jupiter Research, said the negative responses were unusual.

14.  But, according to Bill Edwards Jr., the general manager, the hotel heard negative responses.

15.  Despite the negative responses, three-quarters say they have not lost trust in the Olympics and what they stand for.

16.  Despite a decidedly negative critical response to the otherworldly romance, Forlani was singled out for praise.

17.  However, the company withdrew the registration after its officials asked Berkshire about the idea and got a negative response.

18.  If the abandoned spouse panics, it may bring a negative response from the departing spouse that otherwise might not have occurred.

19.  It is tempting, Ms. Valdes acknowledged, to blame traditional Latin American machismo for the negative official response to those passages.

20.  Kersjes was stunned by the negative response his idea received from co-workers and administrators, as well as Space and Rocket Center officials.