91.   Macario was described by federal and city law-enforcement officials as the highest-ranking mobster remaining in the market.

92.   McCaffrey is visiting China with other anti-drug officials as part of an eight-day tour and will also stop at Hong Kong, Hanoi and Bangkok.

93.   Mahmood has been identified by Pakistani officials as a former director general of nuclear power plants for the atomic energy agency.

94.   Meanwhile, NBC News quoted anonymous Pentagon officials as saying the bombing campaign could continue into mid-November.

95.   NHK quoted police officials as saying that the boy had also used a handsaw in the beheading.

96.   Nie pointed out that China has formal associations, with senior officials as honorary chairman, for sports as obscure as luge and fin swimming.

97.   News reports quoted local officials as saying he had been weakened by an attack of flu last month and died in his sleep.

98.   Newspapers in Germany and Hong Kong cited unnamed Chinese government officials as saying Mercedes would be chosen for the project to build multi-purpose vehicles in southern China.

99.   Nixon at times has been portrayed by other state officials as the adversarial odd-man-out in those negotiations.

100.   News reports here were quoting finance ministry officials as saying that commercial banks will not have to be closed under the terms of the agreement with the IMF.