11.   Darden declined through a publicist to comment on the tribute.

12.   DeCoster, who has rarely spoken to reporters over the years, declined through a spokesman to be interviewed, or to allow a reporter inside his plant.

13.   Cullen, now with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Monday declined through the team to discuss Bessette.

14.   Duckman declined through a courtroom aide to respond to the commission decision.

15.   Dr. Francis Collins, director of genome research at the National Institutes of Health, declined through a spokesman to comment.

16.   Edward Maskaly, the interim chief executive, declined through a spokesman to be interviewed.

17.   Even so, Joshi expects the market to decline through October because of the concern over inflation.

18.   Even so, Joshi expects the market to decline through October because of concern over inflation.

19.   Fineberg, now provost of Harvard University, declined through a spokesman to say whether that move was appropriate.

20.   Gov. George Pataki declined through a spokesman to comment.