101.   The United States is now distancing itself from Netanyahu in public, while in private some officials are speaking of his actions with dismay.

102.   The two officials also spoke to Sen. Trent Lott, the Republican majority leader, whom they described as noncommittal but willing to consider the idea.

103.   The two officials spoke in English about bilateral issues including immigration, trade and crime.

104.   The unidentified official spoke on behalf of Mbeki, van der Horst said he was told.

105.   There was no immediate official response in Belgrade to the plan, but during the day, government officials spoke favorably about the chances for negotiation.

106.   Those questions might have been softened had administration officials spoken in more detail earlier, Kumar said.

107.   Throughout several years of litigation in the tax case, usually pragmatic UPS officials spoke of winning it as a matter of principle.

108.   Thursday government officials spoke to the crowd with bullhorns, appealing to the Hutu to exit from the camp in the presence of U.N. officials and diplomats.

109.   Tour officials speak wistfully, too, about the potential in Cuba if the U.S. government eases its restrictions.

110.   U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich said in an interview this morning he is following the GM talks and that Labor Department officials have spoken to negotiators and company executives.