21.   In New York, Barnesandnoble.com has received similar letters, but is still selling the hardcover and paperback versions on its Web site.

22.   In Mexico City, Grupo Domos SA received a similar letter threatening legal action.

23.   In the Senate, John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Commerce Committee, has been circulating a draft of a similar letter.

24.   It was not known yesterday if Edwards or Langley bases had received similar letters.

25.   Kowshik Ahmed, the editor of The Weekly Bangalee , said an employee had opened a similar letter and placed it in another envelope.

26.   Later that same day, similar letters sent to Milby and another to Hittner were received but were not opened.

27.   Leaders of the Heritage Foundation and other politically conservative groups sent a similar letter of protest last week to the first lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

28.   Last month, Mayor Jerry Abramson of Louisville, Ky., issued a similar letter to Dole as the candidate began his campaign in the Midwest.

29.   Local limousine companies received similar letters urging them to clamp down on teens drinking in their cars.

30.   Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger wrote a similar letter to Treasurer Joseph Malone the next day.