111.   Brademas urged his fellow committee members to speak out for federal funding.

112.   -- Sending out pink slips to committee staff members sure to be fired under the GOP pledge to cut staff levels by a third.

113.   A bipartisan group of committee members, led by Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., favors overhauling the law instead of letting it die.

114.   A committee member once explained that Miller did not qualify as a baseball executive.

115.   A committee staff member said on Monday that the nomination would come up for review in mid-March at the earliest.

116.   A few committee members have steadfastly refused to comment on any of the allegations.

117.   A Boston school official said Tuesday that there is no interest in Silber among school committee members.

118.   A change in the rules would require a two-thirds vote of state committee members.

119.   A man with a cause, he can wear out board directors, committee members, politicians, academics and critics with his enthusiasm.

120.   A House committee staff member received a telephone call from a State Department official, who reported that Trie was staying at the Tianlun Wangqiao Hotel in Beijing.