31.   A fire marshal who insisted on anonymity said housing officials might consider covering the flammable paint on stairwell walls with sheetrock painted with flame retardant coatings.

32.   A key issue here is whether government officials should consider companies that now produce surface-to-air missiles when they decide whether Raytheon would have too much market control.

33.   A new system that state officials are considering would require prospective teachers to serve a two-year paid apprenticeship after graduation.

34.   A spokeswoman for Clinton said administration officials consider a Bradley presidential run next year unlikely.

35.   Administration officials consider Russia particularly vulnerable.

36.   Administration officials have also considered turning on the generators on mothballed Navy ships in San Francisco Bay.

37.   After completing the investigation, agency officials may consider whether to order pasteurization of commercial apple juice, he said.

38.   After defeating an establishment Republican whom party officials considered more electable in part because unlike Scarborough she favored abortion rights, Scarborough easily won the general election.

39.   Agriculture officials are considering spraying the insecticide over parts of west Bradenton to kill the few remaining Mediterranean fruit flies that have not already succumbed to media hype.

40.   After that, Gov. Fife Symington said, state officials are considering other state funding, although he refused to say what sources might be used.