21.   Federal officials also are studying the incidence of multiple sclerosis in the Sugar Creek area.

22.   He, like most of the others who try, was quickly repatriated after State Department officials studied the validity of his asylum request and found it lacking.

23.   In addition, she said, port officials also are studying longer-term security changes such as installing a network of security cameras.

24.   In designing the convention format, Dole campaign officials studied the Houston event and played snippets of its more controversial speeches to focus groups.

25.   In particular, officials are studying sections that deal with the way the Forest Service manages land and with timber sales, Haas said.

26.   In Wyoming, at Yellowstone National Park, and in California, at Yosemite National Park, officials are studying ways of using buses to reduce traffic.

27.   Justice Department officials have not studied transmission of HIV in prison, leaving a critical gap in research that could help wardens control the virus.

28.   Justice Department spokeswoman Gina Talamona said Attorney General Janet Reno and other top officials were studying the ruling and would have no immediate comment.

29.   Johnson said senior U.S. officials are studying how the United States should react if the EU withholds approval of the Boeing merger.

30.   Local officials are studying the possibility of expanding Rice Stadium for the ceremonies.