21.   One officer handed notes to several men asking them to come and see him at his office.

22.   Police said that on Monday Roundtree walked unarmed into a NationsBank office and handed a note to a teller demanding cash.

23.   President George W. Bush was handed a note informing him of the crash moments after it occurred.

24.   Representatives from a group of politicians and activists who oppose the tough security law handed a note to the commission calling for the immediate release of the six detainees.

25.   Soon after takeoff, Cooper handed a note to a stewardess and said he had a bomb on board.

26.   The defense secretary raised his eyebrow a bit as he was handed a note describing the ouster.

27.   The hijacker reportedly handed a note with his demands to another passenger to take to the cockpit.

28.   The note was handed to Fernando Remirez, chief of the Cuban diplomatic mission in Washington, and also was delivered to the Cuban foreign ministry in Havana.

29.   The ministry also regretted that Slovak authorities had published its contents before handing the note to the Austrian diplomat.

30.   A protest note was handed to South Korea through diplomatic channels on Thursday, Ikeda added.