81.   An official at the World Bank said its board was also discussing lending rates but that there was no consensus to raise rates at this time.

82.   An official at Vnukova Airlines in Moscow refused to comment Thursday night on the crash.

83.   An Israeli official at the UN echoed those sentiments Wednesday.

84.   An official at Andrews Air Force Base, which maintains the presidential jets, told The Kansas City Star at the height of the controversy that nothing was missing.

85.   An official at another embassy was asking journalists whether to cable home that Ms. Albright had the job.

86.   An official at Assicurazioni Generali said the two companies will issue a joint statement announcing the sale.

87.   An official at Bozell Sawyer Miller Group Inc., a spokesman for the tobacco industry, declined to comment.

88.   An official at China Southern said China Eastern will be the first to sell stock.

89.   An official at Daiwa Securities Co., which the article said would likely be the lead underwriter for the issue, said negotiations with IBM were taking place.

90.   An official at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. in Hong Kong said the sale was postponed until further notice.