1.   Were the reported remarks of his parliamentary private secretary in accordance with an official departmental brief?

2.   Caruso, who is perceived as an opponent of the chief, refused to comment on the reported remark.

3.   He angrily lashed out at a reported remark by Rabin in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that Israel must prepare for war in the middle and long term.

4.   In fact, the commotion over those widely reported remarks helped sink the University of Maryland conference that year.

5.   Other Bronx residents, from children to parents to parish priests, reacted to the reported remarks on Monday with anger, bemusement and knowing smiles.

6.   The dispute between Germany and Italy arose after reported remarks this week by German Finance Minister Theo Waigel.

7.   A Cabinet spokesman was unable to confirm the reported remarks.

8.   Abu Hasan Sadzili, deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee for foreign affairs, said Friday he would summon Belo for an explanation about the reported remarks.

9.   Burns declined to comment on the reported Chinese remarks.

10.   But his reported remarks angered many in the United States, and the State Department condemned them.