21.   Japanese and North Korean diplomats did not comment before meetings at their embassies that lasted until midnight.

22.   Jefferson did not comment before departing.

23.   Laney declined to comment before the speech, his spokesman Mark Langford said.

24.   Negotiators declined to comment before entering the talks.

25.   Official figures were to be released later in the day, and officials refused to comment before that.

26.   None of the Cuban players would comment before the game.

27.   None of the leaders commented before the meeting.

28.   None of the leaders commented before the meetings.

29.   Other ambassadors declined to comment before hearing the American presentation.

30.   Rao and Mubarak did not comment before the meeting Sunday.