1.   Local officials collect no taxes from federal property and large tax-exempt institutions and are forbidden to raise taxes on commuters.

2.   Museum officials have collected scores of letters, notes, e-mail messages and comments by telephone from people who have seen the exhibit or have only heard about it.

3.   Once a town official collects the information, a permit is issued.

4.   Officials collected taxes on just about everything and extorted bribes from anyone who needed government services, but none of the money was put in the treasury.

5.   Officials collected water samples at Clark in used Coke bottles.

6.   Over the weekend, the lab processed the water samples that MUD officials had collected.

7.   Thirteen states have struck deals with Indian tribes allowing state officials to collect taxes on certain goods sold on reservations.

8.   Traditionally, the government and courts have placed strict limits on the ease with which police officials can collect certain types of information on citizens without subpoenas.

9.   UN officials collected ballot boxes in Dili to prevent counting fraud and to maintain the secrecy of how each local district voted.