21.  Oil prices soared Tuesday in the wake of the American retaliatory attack against Iraq and the U.N. suspension of an agreement to allow Iraqi oil exports.

22.  Palestinian Authority officials urged restraint, but Falouji, for one, said he believed that a retaliatory attack was certain.

23.  Police, meanwhile, fear that innocent Arabs living in the Boston area may be singled out for retaliatory attacks.

24.  Protestant politicians, especially those with links to once-violent groups, must do everything they can to head off retaliatory attacks.

25.  Prime Minister John Bruton of Ireland said on Monday night that the attacks on Monday were clearly an attempt to provoke retaliatory attacks by Protestant paramilitaries.

26.  Several people interviewed in central London voiced fears that the bombing runs will trigger retaliatory terrorist attacks.

27.  Such a finding in a criminal case could create pressure for a retaliatory attack against Iran.

28.  The question is whether the retaliatory attacks can be effective yet cause minimal civilian sacrifices.

29.  The United States and Britain launched their retaliatory attack against Saddam Hussein after arms inspectors of the United Nations Special Commission were denied access to records and facilities.

30.  The threat of a retaliatory attack is being taken very seriously by Israel.