11.   Company officials briefly started the meeting, at a conference and exhibition center in Paris, but soon had to suspend it again.

12.   Conference officials might start negotiations next month about extending the BCS agreement.

13.   Consequently, Atlanta officials must start training at the IOC-accredited lab at UCLA.

14.   County school officials started offering high school classes at Pappas three years ago.

15.   Corrections officials have started a new policy.

16.   DaimlerChrysler officials started the current merger speculation by insisting that their transaction was necessary to achieve greater economies of scale.

17.   Do any truly religious Americans really want public officials to start contriving one-size-fits-all prayers, whether for schoolchildren or anyone else?

18.   Gray confirmed that Fieldale officials had started the accrediting company, which he said is now defunct.

19.   He expects business to be brisk by tonight, when media and league officials start showing up.

20.   It would be wise for city and state officials to start planning now for reduced tax revenues.