1.   Even the most loyal officials found it increasingly difficult to defend serfdom on moral grounds.

2.   NASA officials found a way to work around the technical glitch on the Galileo spacecraft.

3.   They are thus analogous to prefectoral officials found in some Western European systems of government.

4.   Reports from Geneva, however, suggest that the match officials found the money stashed into a kitbag in their dressing room.

5.   Although Belgian officials found the weapon six weeks ago, they have kept quiet about it because, they said, investigations were still under way.

6.   Alverson said that many charter-school officials are finding that their student populations mirror those of regular public schools, albeit on a much smaller scale.

7.   Although Chinese censorship has loosened considerably, it was perhaps predictable that Chinese officials would find the latest look at the Clinton sex reports too distasteful.

8.   Although no one suggested that the defense fund did anything improper, its officials found themselves testifying before a grand jury and congressional committees about those donations.

9.   And as the animal population ages, zoo officials find themselves grappling with long-term medical care, chronic illness and death.

10.   And government officials are finding it hard to hide their dismay at the shadow that the HIV controversy has cast on the Mbeki presidency.