1.   A police spokesman could not be reached to discuss the system.

2.   Company officials could not be reached to discuss why the Asian buyers had put the contracts on hold.

3.   Pinette, the Microsoft spokesman, dismissed the allegations, although a Microsoft official could not be reached to discuss them in detail.

4.   The company could not be reached to discuss its move.

5.   But no one at government headquarters could be reached to discuss the status of talks.

6.   El-Bakri could not be reached to discuss the story.

7.   Kunos was out of the country and could not be reached to discuss the work.