21.   Government-mandated dumping of toxic wastes at sites now targeted for cleanupis not their responsibility, carriers said.

22.   If booked on a Northwest flight that departs before Saturday, the carrier said a strike would not disrupt your travel plans.

23.   In the end, carriers say Motorola has alienated them, turned a deaf ear on consumers, and caused some of its own market share problems.

24.   Major telecommunications carriers said that most of the interruptions were caused not by damage but by overloads, as extraordinary numbers of people tried to place calls at once.

25.   Most carriers said customers were not entitled to a refund because the tax was effective at the time of the purchase.

26.   No maximum payment amounts will be set, the carriers said.

27.   Other air carriers said their confidence in Tramco remains unshaken, although they have had problems with the Everett repair station.

28.   Other carriers said they did not know much about the new requirement or were still studying it.

29.   Other low-cost carriers said sales were up and travel agents reported no drop in airline reservations for major carriers.

30.   Rival carriers say the combination should be rejected, because the two would control almost two-thirds of all U.S.-U.K. air traffic.