11.   Bacon had already acknowledged that the Pentagon had heard reports from refugees that Serbs were trying to conceal the evidence of massacres.

12.   Back specialists are hearing sporadic reports of children developing muscle strains and backaches.

13.   Bledsoe told us that after the Tampa Bay loss, players heard reports that a crazed Patriot fan in Tampa had threatened to kill Pete Carroll.

14.   Brasure said he had heard reports that Arabs were being killed instead of taken prisoner, but he could not confirm them.

15.   A hysterectomy was recommended, but Ms. Natale hesitated, having heard many reports about unnecessary hysterectomies and their unhappy consequences.

16.   A passerby who heard media reports of the deal informed Guerin he had been traded.

17.   A State Department spokesman said that Afghan experts there had heard no reports that Karzai was in trouble.

18.   A State Department spokesman said that Afghan experts there had not heard any reports that Karzai was in trouble.

19.   A U.N. official said he had heard such reports but could not confirm them.

20.   After hearing national reports about the new science standards, the board of the foundation publishing the book thought some Kansans might take issue with those topics.