21.   Fed officials declined to comment in any way on the report.

22.   Floyd senior refused to comment in detail.

23.   Friends have commented in a way that makes me think they disapprove.

24.   Goldman declined to comment in detail on the campaign, citing Securities and Exchange Commission rules about seeking publicity just after a public stock offering.

25.   He declined to comment in a telephone interview.

26.   Hewlett-Packard, contacted over a week ago by the Globe, said through a spokeswoman that they could not comment in time for this column.

27.   If executions raised concern, or were somewhat unseemly, few commented in public.

28.   Intel declined to comment in detail about its plans.

29.   Israel declined to comment in detail on the Palestinian complaints.

30.   Ivanov commented in response to an announcement by Pentagon officials that the United States was preparing to dispatch U.S. troops to train Georgian forces.