11.   Amersham officials declined further comment.

12.   Although the Boston Archdiocese declined comment, the Rev. Peter Conley, editor of the Pilot, the archiocese newspaper, took issue with the congressman.

13.   Although the State Department and the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C., both declined official comment Tuesday, sources said an agreement on establishing consulates was close.

14.   American Express declined comment on the terms of its agreement with Woods.

15.   An Amoco spokeswoman in Chicago declined comment.

16.   An attorney for Mitnick declined comment Thursday.

17.   An Enron spokesman declined comment on Monday.

18.   An Enron spokesman declined comment.

19.   An EU spokesman in Tel Aviv declined immediate comment.

20.   An FTC spokeswoman declined comment on the investigation.