1.   Because their lack of brains is matched only by their lack of guts, our elected officials will refer the final education proposal to the November ballot.

2.   A KSI official referred inquiries to another subcontractor, Insearch Corp. of Tempe.

3.   A Tele-Communications official referred questions to a Discovery spokesman who declined to comment.

4.   Air Force, Army and CDC officials referred the questions up to those cabinet-level departments.

5.   Both officials referred questions to the Foreign Ministry, where officials said they had nothing to say.

6.   Camp officials referred calls to Preston Global, a crisis management firm in Kentucky.

7.   Coke officials referred questions to their Atlanta headquarters.

8.   Disney officials referred all questions to Miramax, whose normally talkative co-owner, Harvey Weinstein, was unavailable for comment.

9.   Despite such arguments, elected officials routinely refer to money spent to keep sports teams as an important form of economic development.

10.   Home Theater officials today referred requests for comment to an attorney.