61.  But few plaintiffs in similar cases received damages even close to that amount, lawyers said.

62.  But Blum and others say it might be hard to make a similar case against the Boston order.

63.  But experts say that investigators likely have been using scientific tools used in similar cases.

64.  But in most similar cases, stowaways hide near the spot where the departing aircraft waits on the runway for clearance to take off, the FAA report said.

65.  But it was not easy for the Clinton administration to make a similar case to the Chinese.

66.  But Richard A. Samp, the lawyer for the plaintiff, Daniel J. Podberesky, said the ruling could influence similar cases around the country.

67.  But similar cases have seldom been brought before the courts in Europe, Lassiter says.

68.  But since agents in the field can choose from a variety of approaches, he said, differences in how similar cases are handled are inevitable.

69.  But the confluence of two similar cases on English soilhas led to finger pointing and soul-searching about the dangersof leaving children with caregivers who effectively are strangers.

70.  But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reached an opposite conclusion in a similar case, making the issue a natural for the Supreme Court.