21.   Larkin said.

22.   Larkin said that Bowden failed to tell the Mets in advance about his conditions for approving the trade.

23.   Still, Larkin said he would listen if HBO came calling.

24.   The three men arrived by boat Sunday evening and walked into the restaurant, where there were about a dozen customers, Larkin said.

25.   The prospect of the government extending such assistance to steelmakers was also in doubt, Larkin said.