31.   Experts say the anthrax attacks have all the makings of a Saddam plot.

32.   Fleischer also conceded that the Bush administration was learning the best way to deal with the anthrax attack.

33.   Few companies have seemed as unprepared as Bayer AG when panic about anthrax attacks transformed its antibiotic Cipro into the most sought-after pharmaceutical since Viagra.

34.   Fleischer disputed the widespread perception that the steady parade of briefings each day, especially on the anthrax attacks, might have produced more anxiety than information.

35.   Four months and a rash of anthrax attacks later, that remains the case.

36.   He said authorities have found no evidence that the anthrax attacks were carried out by the al-Qaida terrorist network or any other organized terrorist group.

37.   He said he sensed a new closeness between law enforcement and public health officials who have been forced to work together during the anthrax attacks.

38.   He says the new attention being paid to public health in the wake of the anthrax attacks could be a blessing that pays off in improvements to the system.

39.   Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and a top aide told the Associated Press that they are braced for more anthrax attacks.

40.   Health officials failed to keep the public adequately informed during the recent anthrax attacks, experts said Thursday.