11.   He took that statement as an affirmation of the magic in his art.

12.   Hugh Munn, SLED spokesman, said state agents will take statements from witnesses and gather physical evidence before filing a report with the local solicitor.

13.   In other words, the regulators said, if someone said they lost weight, NordicTrack often took that statement at face value.

14.   It has become difficult to take any statement by any side very seriously.

15.   Ito issued the walking papers after using his own investigators and taking statements from other jurors to ferret out what he believed to be contradictory information.

16.   Mr. Bloom seems to take that statement personally.

17.   Nevertheless, the statement was being taken seriously here and in Northern Ireland and Britain.

18.   No one seems to be taking the statements very seriously.

19.   Plaintiffs in civil lawsuits allege that officers threatened to harm them if they did not take back their statements.

20.   Philippus said investigators took statements from at least four witnesses.