61.   Some viewed that statement as an effort to deflect those who might attack her.

62.   Some have criticized these statements as cheap posturing, while others say they are important for a full understanding of the past.

63.   Some saw the detailed statement as a sign that the meeting in Rome might be more substantive than anticipated.

64.   Some analysts took the statement as a show of pique, but the company insisted that it was serious about its intention to look for partners elswhere in Europe.

65.   Tea-length dresses make as fashionable a statement as knee-length garments.

66.   The bank wanted an accountant involved before Symington submitted annual financial statements as part of the loan deal.

67.   The company couched the statement as a clarification of its response yesterday to a query from the exchange about activity in its stock.

68.   The president used the statement as the core of his speech to the students and teachers of James Madison High School in Vienna, Va.

69.   The same producers who had battled Ms. Rice now spent a fortune reprinting her statement as a giant ad in The New York Times and other newspapers.

70.   The subsequent letter criticized the statement as self-serving and detrimental to the daily operations of the department.