11.   State law requires that only elections officials handle the ballots.

12.   Trominski asserted Friday that if there was a large sudden increase in the number of detainees, officials could handle it.

13.   Under Florida law, only election officials can handle the ballots.

14.   White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the president was satisfied with the way federal officials have handled the situation.

15.   But Peruvian officials handled the issue without the media.

16.   But rather than making a grand point with that claim, he was returning some praise from Bush about how federal and state officials cooperatively handled the crisis.

17.   Her country handles the American side of the paperwork and these three visiting officials handle the Russian side, including matching the children to prospective families, Volsky said.

18.   Many municipalities had relied on local burning officials to handle the paperwork.

19.   Messaoud Ould Bekeir, who heads the main opposition Action for Change party, said he was satisfied with the way government officials handled reports of minor irregularities.

20.   Officials were clearly handling the sect with kid gloves.