21.   Rolland A. Schmitten, the U.S. commissioner, angrily told reporters.

22.   A Japanese negotiator told reporters both sides must make concessions to resolve the insurance and computer chip disputes.

23.   A senior aide to Pataki told reporters not even to ask Pataki if he himself would step in to campaign for the Senate seat.

24.   A Nissan Pulsar belonging to an unidentified employee of the Sandy Springs Professional Building took the brunt of the explosion, U.S. Attorney Kent Alexander told reporters.

25.   A prolonged drop in prices could prompt action by legislators, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman told reporters earlier this month.

26.   Abraham told reporters after the hearing.

27.   According to an Associated Press report, Nacogdoches police Sgt. Paul Peterson told AP reporters Lucy had awakened to find her sister with a shotgun.

28.   About noon, Bush told reporters he had spoken with Cheney and was told he did not suffer a heart attack.

29.   Acuna told reporters he considered his four-year court battle a crusade that he was duty-bound to pursue as an advocate of Latino rights.

30.   Adm. John Stufflebeem told reporters in Washington.