21.   The Post Office said Wednesday that it had moved to defuse the controversy by allowing residents to use either address, Museum Mile or Fifth Avenue.

22.   Trying to defuse the controversy, Schonhuber told Austrian media after the flap erupted that he was merely reporting on speculation in the ski community.

23.   Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff paid for the lockers out of campaign funds as a way to defuse the controversy.

24.   Australian cycling officials tried to defuse the controversy over cyclist Kathy Watt on Saturday, after she forced her way back onto the team through arbitration.

25.   The US Democratic party, scrambling to defuse a controversy over illegal foreign-linked donations, was to announce tougher screening procedures Tuesday for vetting political contributions.

26.   US and Japanese officials have been scrambling to defuse that controversy well ahead of the summit through a series of high-level meetings and compromises.

27.   Parliamentary Affairs Minister V.C. Shukla, seeking to defuse the controversy, said the report would be made available to MPs on Friday.