1.   German officials had sounded concerns over cash available for areas within former East Germany.

2.   At times, George Washington officials sounded more like marketing and public relations people than doctors and educators.

3.   But Bell Atlantic officials sounded more optimistic.

4.   But in Islamabad, officials sounded a cautious note about the extent of U.S.-Pakistani cooperation.

5.   Fear of HIV quickly eclipsed that concern, but today public health officials are once more sounding the alarm about the rapid spread of the herpes virus.

6.   Federal Reserve officials have been sounding the alarm that risk-wary bankers are pulling back from lending.

7.   Government officials sounded hopeful Tuesday that some way around the prohibition on fees could be found.

8.   It was only when lab tests belatedly confirmed the Ebola virus that Zairean officials sounded the international alarm.

9.   Last week, state officials sounded a loud alarm about the condition of the celebrated theater.

10.   Nor did elected officials sound as skeptical that the plan would work.