21.   No, the assistant said, the president was too upset.

22.   On Monday, his assistant said that Rezayat was no longer in Russia.

23.   One assistant to Smith said the transfer was a reprisal.

24.   Peter J. Paradossi, a spokesman for Mead Johnson, could not be reached, and an assistant said that no one else at the company could comment.

25.   Resident assistants say they already worry that students are trying to do too much with their time.

26.   Several assistants said this week that they had not heard from him, but that Parcells had made it clear he was finished with coaching.

27.   Sillerman was not available Wednesday night to comment, his assistant said.

28.   The assistant said Fouch had directed all questions about her business at Hartsfield to DeCosta.

29.   The main reason, assistants say, is that changing the health system promised big budgetary savings.

30.   The performer had scheduled a news conference Monday, but canceled it abruptly because she was too distraught and wanted to visit Moon, an assistant to Bergrin said.