11.   But those same contributions, and the potential taint they carried, made Lay politically radioactive when he began secretly asking administration officials for help in bailing out Enron.

12.   Chirac has asked government officials at all levels, as well as companies, to come up with fresh ideas for creating new jobs.

13.   Daschle said he asked administration officials for the president to enter the fray after Daschle and Lott clashed on the Senate floor last Friday.

14.   Dixon asked Navy officials during a public hearing of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.

15.   He also said he had asked city officials to examine whether the rules should be altered elsewhere.

16.   He said the White House had asked Medicare officials to assess whether the cuts would harm access to care or the quality of care.

17.   He went outside and asked Citadel officials escorting the media to keep them away from his sister.

18.   I ask an official while Albright is meeting with gulf foreign ministers.

19.   Jackson said he asked the officials not to throw Sanders and Rison out.

20.   Knowing he was not supposed to take a gun into Mexico, the rancher asked Mexican officials where he could turn around and he declared the rifle.