101.   A senior U.S. official acknowledged bilateral tension was key in sending so many top officials.

102.   A top FAA official later acknowledged that this decision had the effect of relaxing FAA scrutiny of airline security at Logan.

103.   A State Department official acknowledged the difficulty of deciding which groups should be branded as threats.

104.   A US West official acknowledged that intra-LATA competition would pressure the company to lower prices.

105.   Addressing immigrants from the former Soviet Union, the officials acknowledged and tried to assuage their concerns about collective enterprises.

106.   Administration officials acknowledge that Arafat bore the greatest burden.

107.   Administration officials acknowledged a potential contradiction in their efforts to shore up Medicare while creating a costly new benefit.

108.   Administration officials acknowledged that the television networks might be unwilling to carry the speech live without more specifics than Clinton may be ready to announce.

109.   Administration officials acknowledged that their proposed strategy relies on state and local officials, some of whom support the new laws, continuing to arrest people for drug possession.

110.   Administration officials acknowledged that they had no way of guaranteeing that the food would reach the remote areas where it is needed most urgently.