11.   Clinton administration officials have charged that the lockbox is a gimmick with too many loopholes to be effective.

12.   Cuban officials have charged that two of the great-uncles now caring for Elian have been arrested for drunken driving, demonstrating their lack of suitability to care for him.

13.   EU officials today charged that General Electric Co. was putting pressure on U.S. officials to exclude electric capacitors from an ITA accord.

14.   Eritrean officials also charge that local Ethiopian authorities have been trying illegally to extend their jurisdictions north into Eritrean territory for several years.

15.   Federal officials charge the company systematically failed to ship items to buyers -- and then reneged on promises to refund money to disgruntled consumers.

16.   Federal officials charged that the company had systematically underestimated its emissions of volatile organic chemicals, a type of pollution that can cause smog.

17.   Florida officials charge that Fastenberg destroyed nine file cabinets of files including audits, business practices investigations and regional files.

18.   Florida officials charge that in two instances, Prudential destroyed documents crucial to its case.

19.   Federal officials charged Skillicorn and Nicklasson with carjacking.

20.   Furious Canadian officials charge that the United States is exploiting a minor outbreak of the fungus as a ploy to protect American potato growers.