31.   Biden could not meet with either Rabbani or Fahim during his four-day stay in Kabul due to scheduling conflicts, his staff said.

32.   Boys will be boys, school staff said.

33.   After their party, the birthday child gets a tour of the hospital to see how their money will be used and so the staff can say thank you.

34.   After the holidays, it will be kept at the White House as part of the permanent ornament collection, the White House press staff said.

35.   Agency staff say they moved on to pressing health matters.

36.   Bookstore staff say that if you have learnt English up to secondary school level you should be able to cope with Potter.

37.   Buchanan had been scheduled to address the convention, but his staff said an unspecified conflict forced him to cancel his appearance.

38.   Bush will return to Texas Friday, and his staff said that other appointments probably will be announced there next week.

39.   But her staff said she would review the new version of the bill if it reached her desk before deciding whether to sign it.

40.   But his staff says McCain is merely talking to as many people as possible to gauge what chance he might have of winning the GOP nomination and the presidency.