31.   Akira Okamoto, executive officer in charge of quality, said officials checking for defects the first time mistakenly assumed they only arose on the assembly line.

32.   American officials were checking the plane, Velez said.

33.   Ambassador Kenton Keith, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said U.S. officials were checking the claims.

34.   Army officials were checking dental records before confirming the identification.

35.   At the Los Alamos National Laboratory, spokeswoman Kay Roybal said officials were checking to see whether the facilities might be ready to reopen.

36.   British immigration officials check passports once the train is moving, but by then it is too late to keep those without proper documents out of the country.

37.   But Maj. Brad Lowell, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said officials checked into the claims and were sure the targeted convoy was composed of Taliban leaders.

38.   But they stayed back from the entrances to the compound and allowed Palestinian officials to check the identification cards of worshippers.

39.   Chang noted that five Taiwanese banks had branch offices in the World Trade Center and that officials were checking on the status of the employees.

40.   Concepcion Alberto Fuentes said that U.S. officials checked conditions before a visit last year by President Clinton.