21.   An explosion at a Mitsubishi Material factory outside Tokyo this morning injured several workers, a company spokesman said.

22.   And Jim Platt, a company spokesman, said Murdoch was not inclined to talk to the press on the matter.

23.   And thus is Soyinka dismayed at his recent discovery that according to a company spokesman, Wal-Mart does not have employees.

24.   Another company spokesman, Ben Geerts, gave a clue at the time of the ASM Lithography sale.

25.   And tobacco company spokesmen said they typically give to politicians who support a portion of their agenda.

26.   Any indications that managers behaved inappropriately will result in disciplinary action, including firing, company spokesman Gus Weill said.

27.   Apple Japan Inc. will promote Tetsuya Shiga, its director of sales, to the position of general manager, a company spokesman said.

28.   Arrangements for the audit are still being completed, a company spokesman said today.

29.   Arco initially applied for a patent on its formula but later changed it to a statutory invention registration, said company spokesman Scott Loll.

30.   As for Boeing, company spokesman Dean Tougas said Boeing had received no information that its facilities might have been under surveillance.