11.   Because of the difficulty of finding documentation, Jewish officials like Singer believe such an agreement is the only way to resolve the dispute.

12.   Because their advocacy would raise public suspicions, they relied on officials like Moore to champion the proposal.

13.   Although Clinton is considered the titular head of the Democratic Party, the day-to-day decisions about mid-level party hiring generally fell to top party officials like Fowler.

14.   But industry officials like McNally say the IP approach will pick up steam rapidly as more and more calls are carried over cable wires coming into homes.

15.   But with Republican officials like Pataki and Mrs. Whitman pushing fiscal austerity, it has become a target.

16.   Chinese officials like Shanghai Mayor Xu Kuangdi, who traveled to a General Motors plant, met with foreign investors to ease concerns.

17.   City officials like Sig Frigand, a mayoral press secretary, found it difficult not to be captivated by this strangely compelling woman.

18.   Collecting intelligence on an official like Beltrones is one thing.

19.   City officials like it because it includes money for cleaning up abandoned manufacturing sites and buying natural-gas buses.

20.   Corbin talked openly about young officials like himself fighting a credibility battle with established players.