31.  Earlier this year, in a landmark case, the high court reined in the power of Congress to make sovereign state governments subject to lawsuits in federal court.

32.  Except for a brief period following World War I, Belarus has never before existed as a sovereign state.

33.  First, the allies claimed the right to use force against a sovereign state only because it refused to sign a proffered agreement.

34.  For example, anybody can agree that Russia is interested in remaining a sovereign state.

35.  General approval existed for intervening in Bosnia because it was a sovereign state and its survival was threatened not only by rebels but outsiders from Serbia and Croatia.

36.  He said Israel will be secure only after it recognizes a sovereign Palestinian state along the lines demanded by the Palestinian Authority.

37.  He returned to Minsk that had all of a sudden become the capital of a sovereign state.

38.  How could a mayor be so crass as to interfere in the affairs of a sovereign state like Vatican City?

39.  In advance of the meeting, Bush reiterates his support for a sovereign Palestinian state.

40.  In Bucharest, there is a principled opposition to the notion of outsiders interfering in a sovereign state.