21.   The Federal Statistics Office will publish its final report on Tuesday, which follows preliminary figures on Western Germany released last week.

22.   The figure suggests that businesses were not stockpiling goods as rapidly as the Commerce Department estimated when it released preliminary figures for second-quarter economic growth last month.

23.   The preliminary figure, however, may have little relevance to what is actually approved, judging from past budgets.

24.   The preliminary figure, however, may have little relevance to what is enacted, judging from past budgets.

25.   The preliminary Goddard figures differ from the British ones because they are based on a somewhat different combination of surface temperature observations around the world.

26.   The results were in line with preliminary figures released by the company in May.

27.   The two might exchange preliminary figures as early as next week.

28.   Their reaction to the preliminary Western German figure was incredulity.

29.   Using preliminary figures from police departments nationwide, the FBI showed drops in all seven major crime categories.

30.   Payne, head of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, was scheduled to present preliminary financial figures Thursday to the IOC executive board in Cancun.