1.   Government officials have acknowledged that existing policies to limit acidic emissions - notably of sulphur dioxide - are inadequate.

2.   However, other high-level Navy officials acknowledged the Nimitz had been hurriedly ordered to the Persian Gulf.

3.   Supreme Court officials acknowledge that their own telephone system was the culprit for the leak.

4.   Government officials have acknowledged that existing policies to limit acidic emissions -- notably of sulphur dioxide -- are inadequate.

5.   UN military officials acknowledged that their troops fired on civilians they said were being used as human shields by gunmen who ambushed the patrol.

6.   Alliance officials acknowledged that the Serbs were pressing ahead with their attacks in Kosovo, and one said that Belgrade had already achieved many of its military objectives.

7.   Although social promotion is illegal under current law, many education officials now acknowledge that it has been going on for years.

8.   Also Tuesday, a top FBI official acknowledged agents still have few clues in the investigation into the anthrax attacks that have left four dead.

9.   Although Chinese law forbids torture, and confessions obtained by torture cannot be used in court, Chinese officials acknowledge that the practice is still widespread.

10.   America Online officials acknowledged that the young renegades had managed to assume some administrative powers on the network, which has more than two million subscribers.