21.   Investigators from the accounting office reviewed records and interviewed officials in Georgia, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

22.   It would be the first time in history that the accounting office, the investigative arm of Congress, sued another government department for not cooperating with an inquiry.

23.   Last week, lawyers from the White House and the Justice Department discussed the request with officials from the accounting office, but the matter remained unresolved.

24.   Medicare rules require such reviews, the accounting office said.

25.   Nixon, a second-term Republican, was not at his accounting office in Carthage on Thursday, and there was no answer at his home.

26.   Now virtually any retail outlet can purchase PC software that does sophisticated sales tracking and sends reports over the Internet to central accounting offices.

27.   Out front was a man who ran an accounting office inside.

28.   President Clinton announced a major initiative to improve the quality of care in nursing homes last July, but the accounting office found that problems persisted in many states.

29.   Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions of Alabama and Craig Thomas of Wyoming asked the accounting office for the report.

30.   Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, Larry Craig of Idaho and Craig Thomas of Wyoming asked the accounting office for the report.