1.   Battenberg said he was hopeful that a strike could be avoided, and a GM spokesman repeated that view today.

2.   A spokesman for Lockheed repeated Friday a statement that Coffman made earlier this month that this strategic analysis will not be completed until the end of September.

3.   They decided that the McDouble spokesman should repeat everything he says.

4.   Tobacco companies reacted with scant enthusiasm, and several company spokesmen repeated their position that the suit was groundless.

5.   At a routine media briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen repeated the government stance that it was up to the United States to put relations back on course.

6.   But a spokesman repeated Friday he doubts anything will be done with the findings.

7.   In Islamabad, a government spokesman repeated that Pakistan is ready for dialogue.

8.   The Foreign Ministry spokesman repeated allegations that Gao has confessed to spying for a foreign country, though he refused to say which.

9.   A State Department spokesman recently repeated US concerns.

10.   A State Department spokesman repeated US concerns this week.