21.   They know he is winding down and his staff is handling things.

22.   But the embassy rejected the proposal, saying its own staff could handle security.

23.   But the House and Senate committees have focussed exclusively this week on how the White House staff handled the affair when it first threatened to embarrass the president.

24.   There was a thin attendence at the government secretariat complex, which houses most ministries, while banking sources said skeleton staff would only handle urgent international correspondence.

25.   There was thin attendance at the complex, housing most ministries, while banking sources said skeleton staff handled only urgent international correspondence.