21.   And Republicans began seizing on comments by the vice president.

22.   And then there was that mysterious comment by the head concierge, Patrick Rodigou.

23.   And the comments by the teen-agers who smoke here raise a kind of chicken-or-the-egg question about the appeal of smoking.

24.   --Another honest XFL comment by an NBC employee.

25.   Another miscue was a rather snide comment by Kowalczyk regarding the death of Jerry Garcia that was almost entirely ignored by the perhaps too-forgiving crowd.

26.   Attempts to undo a jury verdict on the basis of public comments by jurors has little track record of success.

27.   Blunt comments by officials in China and Taiwan have demonstrated that despite the euphoria over receding military tensions in recent days, major differences remain.

28.   Blunt comments by officials in China and Taiwan demonstrated that, despite the euphoria over receding military tensions in recent days, major differences remain.

29.   Bond investors also took cheer from late afternoon comments by Bank of Japan Governor Yasuo Matsushita.

30.   Bond traders and financial analysts interpreted the comments by Greenspan as indicating an intention to stand pat on interest rates.