101.   Because American officials have more direct lines of communication to American reporters and citizens, their efforts have greater effect and are more easily scrutinized.

102.   Before a controlled burn can be set, officials have to work through a bureaucratic maze of public hearings and environmental studies.

103.   Big Board officials had no comment Friday.

104.   Bid committee officials also had detailed personal information on their IOC targets, from the dossiers prepared by previous bid cities such as Sydney, Australia.

105.   Big Bend park officials have had to cancel nature and environmental classes for Mexican children.

106.   Blackwell said elected officials have a right to set the bar relatively high for ballot initiatives, but they sometimes overreach.

107.   Blakey said officials have no immediate plans to reassemble the aircraft from salvaged parts, as is sometimes done in such disasters.

108.   Board of Education officials have a different view, and say that Gray may be guilty of much more.

109.   Blue Shield officials had no comment yesterday.

110.   Board of Education officials have no way to monitor what concepts are being taught to which students when.