11.   That statement appeared to be the first time that Kohl had acknowledged speaking to Mitterrand about the sale before it went through.

12.   That statement appeared to be contradicted by witnesses and documents.

13.   That statement appeared to open the possibility that he might challenge an outcome that did not favor him.

14.   The government said the statement appeared in the written minutes of a meeting.

15.   The statement also appeared to reinforce recent remarks by Fed chairman Alan Greenspan that his primary role is to manage the US economy -- not those of other nations.

16.   The statement appeared to be an effort to make Bush declare that the agreement might have to be violated.

17.   The statement appeared to be the most significant of a series of recent British attempts to make concessions to the IRA.

18.   The statement appeared to refer to court rulings against the Justice Department in two other cases brought in recent months by campaign finance prosecutors.

19.   The statement appears to clarify the succession issue at Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire.

20.   The statement appeared to indicate that Alcoa paid no income, property, asset, import, export, sales or value-added taxes that year in Acuna.