1.   After the second year, a city spokesman told me, the whole operation cost the city government not one cent.

2.   A spokesman told The Scotsman that the letters are just a simple way of making funds available to people.

3.   An FBI spokesman told me the agency plans next week to turn over the source code of Carnivore to an independent agency.

4.   An embassy spokesman told the Associated Press it would try to contact Wu in Wuhan.

5.   An army spokesman told Reuters that the troop movements were routine exercizes conducted before winter and that no reinforcements had been brought into the area.

6.   An Australian spokesman told Reuters news agency that the embassy had verified the contents of the letter in a telephone call with Lafitte.

7.   A British Foreign Office spokesman told Reuters in Durban the European Union had no plans to withdraw.

8.   A CNN spokesman told Reuters that it was privately notified of the Cuban decision in August and has since sought to expedite matters with the Treasury and State Departments.

9.   A Conoco spokesman told me later that its subsidiaries are not in that trade.

10.   A CyberRebate spokesman told me as recently as the day before the bankruptcy filing that the company was doing well and expected to be in business a long time.