41.   New York officials have raised similar concerns.

42.   Officials are also raising the possibility that cross-contamination caused the death of Nguyen.

43.   Officials have raised concerns about the public safety hazards of such laboratories.

44.   Part of the reason is that inflation jitters have subsided, and few analysts believe Federal Reserve officials will raise short-term interest rates when they meet next week.

45.   Other defense officials raised the possibility that anti-aircraft fire was responsible.

46.   Over the weekend, law enforcement officials raised the troubling possibility that none of the firefighters would be criminally charged but would face departmental charges instead.

47.   Public officials might raise objections over seemingly minor details if Lucent was about to come under the control of a foreign company.

48.   Senior U.S. officials have even raised the possibility of withdrawing from the accord if the Russians refuse to agree to modify the treaty.

49.   Several foreign officials also have raised questions about the treatment.

50.   Second, officials raised the idea of the acting designation, which was met with puzzlement from Judiciary Committee aides.