71.   Taxpayers told of serious mistreatment by the IRS, which issued an extraordinary public apology.

72.   Tee up a public apology.

73.   That prompted Burton to issue a rare public apology and resulted in the ouster of his top investigator, David N. Bossie, last week.

74.   The agency, in a rare public apology, said it should have recognized problems earlier and resolved them in a regular program before they resulted in abuses.

75.   That little old lady and the rest of the mob are now demanding a public apology.

76.   The ad demands a public apology.

77.   The Asahi, like several other papers, has published a public apology to Kono.

78.   The closest Ryan came to a public apology was when he said he doubted he would ever take a swing at Gilbride again.

79.   The former waitress, who had a son with an Oslo man once convicted of cocaine possession, has made a public apology for her wild past.

80.   The embattled coach and club president also promised to make a public apology, possibly through Hispanic media outlets here.