31.   However, the investigators do not believe the preliminary tests are conclusive and have brought samples to the United States for further analysis, they added.

32.   In a Maryland suburb just north of Washington, preliminary tests found anthrax in four U.S. Food and Drug Administration mail rooms.

33.   In preliminary tests, most of these boards have performed great on the Power Mac.

34.   Investigators said a preliminary test of the envelope, which had not been irradiated to kill microbes, showed that it contained anthrax.

35.   In two preliminary tests of the system, the anti-missile missile or kill vehicle was able to hit a mock warhead only once.

36.   It contained a suspicious-looking powder that preliminary tests showed contained anthrax, Lt. Dan Nichols of the Capitol Police said.

37.   It contained a suspicious-looking powder that preliminary tests showed contained anthrax, police said.

38.   It contained a powdery substance that registered positive for the anthrax germ on two preliminary tests conducted that day.

39.   It said that Huang did not conduct adequate preliminary tests of the cancer drugs on animals.

40.   It will be only a preliminary test, to be sure.