1.   Hearst officials promised staff members they would not lose their jobs.

2.   It was largely staffed by officials who, like Iliescu, had once been close to the vanquished dictator.

3.   Red Cross and Salvation Army officials were staffing the shelters and passing out bottled water to the hundreds of households left without drinkable water.

4.   South Carolina law requires party officials to staff polling places.

5.   To show its business-friendly side, a half dozen city officials staffed a booth on the convention floor.

6.   The center in London is one of three media units staffed by officials of coalition countries.