1.   There was no official word on a possible motive.

2.   And for a week as he lay in the hospital, Dawkins received no official words of thanks, no high-ranking visitors or commendations.

3.   And there was no official word Wednesday from the Cuban government.

4.   As of late Monday, there was no official word on the amount of the settlement, the number of inmates who may receive awards or other details.

5.   A bank official in London said he has heard no official word of such cuts.

6.   A few frantic minutes later, the right immigration officials had been reached and beseeched to give him the official word, and the runners swept past undetained.

7.   Bush received official word of the vote in a telephone call here, although he had already been tipped off.

8.   But even the official word from the NHL is that a labor lockout in one sport is bad for all sports.

9.   But the group, though eager for the publicity that comes with giving away big money, wanted to be the one to give him the official word.

10.   But the Mahlombe family never got official word.