31.  What would be the strategic reasons for such a merger?

32.  Alwi speculated that the political organizations refused to announce their nominees for the vice presidency for strategic reasons while they were still deliberating possible candidates.

33.  An army spokesman said soldiers eventually left for strategic reasons.

34.  Andres Morros, spokesman for the workers, said the action was lifted for strategic reasons.

35.  Dogs are dropped at checkpoints along the trail for illness or injury, or when they are no longer needed for strategic reasons.

36.  Instead of backing coups, it encourages democratic reforms in countries that formerly expected aid for strategic reasons.

37.  No real strategic reason, say bank officials.

38.  There also are strategic reasons for calling early elections.

39.  Tiaoqui said, however, that PNOC would not shed all its remaining stake in Petron for strategic reasons.

40.  Under the Soviet Union, it grew as a military-industrial center, part of a drive to populate Siberia for strategic reasons.