21.   A police source speculated that the rebels might have fired in a bid to get the attention of police and press surrounding the house.

22.   Brokerage sources speculated that trading on the Tokyo stock market would remain cautious.

23.   Wall Street sources speculate Turner wants to pay Milken for his advice and for longstanding ties, the Journal said.

24.   Viewer rejection of the meticulously-scripted and staged Republican nominating convention may reopen the debate on media coverage of such events, media sources speculated Thursday.

25.   Military sources speculated that the LTTE may be keeping the crew aboard the ferry which ran aground Wednesday but taken the passenger ashore for interrogation.

26.   Military sources speculated that the LTTE may be keeping the crew on the ferry which ran aground Wednesday but may have taken all the passengers ashore for interrogation.

27.   Police sources speculated she had been in the fields to meet her son.

28.   Political sources here speculate that differences centred on the sharing of the defense, foreign affairs and interior ministries.