91.   In the days that followed, Scali acted as courier, government spokesman and negotiator for the Kennedy administration before the crisis was resolved peacefully.

92.   In London, a British government spokesman said no early prisoner releases were under consideration.

93.   In Tirana, government spokesman Blushi said Albania will soon stagger under the refugee burden.

94.   Israeli government spokesman Moshe Fogel sees it differently, citing the slowing of Palestinian rioting and threats during the stalemate.

95.   Israeli government spokesman Moshe Fogel said the pessimism will fade.

96.   It would be unfair, Thailand said, to renege on those deals so soon by joining the WTO accord, said Amnaj Chanawongse, a government spokesman.

97.   Lamassoure, the government spokesman, said the government had not discussed putting the welfare reforms to a national referendum or calling early parliamentary elections.

98.   Matsushita will officially step down after his successor is approved by the Cabinet on Friday, a government spokesman said Tuesday.

99.   Lopez will now head the National Planning Institute, the state organ in charge of mapping out spending and budget allocations, government spokesmen said.

100.   Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi, the top government spokesman, said he knew little of the situation.