21.   But perhaps most of all, editors say, there are no important recycling stories to be had.

22.   But some editors say they may explore those issues on their own.

23.   But there are persistent submissions that the staff has chosen to ignore, said the editor of Ask Yahoo, Nancy Hubbard.

24.   Chronicle editors said the step was part of a process that would take months to unfold.

25.   Copyboys did whatever an editor said.

26.   Editors say the increasing sophistication of service journalism has made it easier for them to attract writing talent to the category.

27.   Editors say they have to walk a fine line.

28.   Editors at Science said the loss of the spacecraft had no impact on the timing of the ancient-ocean paper.

29.   Editors say that when magazines do put international subjects on the cover, those issues barely sell.

30.   Editors say the authorities have several ways to keep the press in line.