91.   As the months wear on, delays in receiving approvals that will bring FEMA money in for repairs to public facilities have left local officials frustrated and angry.

92.   As the Rwandan government tiptoes cautiously toward democracy, CARE is trying to help newly elected local officials work with other groups to become effective.

93.   As the temple has grown, local officials have made it officially register as a Taoist temple, although its practices do not really resemble that religion.

94.   As the virus spread, local officials tried to cover up the problem.

95.   Asked about the Pataki contributions, Scutti said he had happened to attend a political luncheon and dinner held by a business partner and a local Republican official.

96.   Asmundson is planning to try to form a coalition with other local officials from states that have had pipeline accidents.

97.   At nearby Camp Good News, local officials said, the same coyote had pulled a child in a sleeping bag out of his tent.

98.   Astronomers at Mount Palomar, near San Diego, have worked with local officials to find mutually beneficial solutions.

99.   At one point, businessmen bragged on the tapes that James and other local officials had received bribes in return for granting political favors.

100.   At the end of the day, a local official came out and said he would study the problem, Zhao said.