21.   A senior French official described Wednesday why the U.N. involvement was so important .

22.   According to U.S. and French officials, Paris was not opposed to the arrest of prominent Bosnian Serbs charged with war crimes.

23.   After carping by French officials, State Department spsaid Bob Francis of the NTSB, who is overseeing the crash probe.

24.   After his name appeared in print, French officials acted for fear his associates would go into hiding, as indeed Daoudi sought to do.

25.   After that did not happen, French officials renewed efforts to attract DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, which had reportedly hoped for a deal with the British as well.

26.   After meeting with Coke executives in Paris Wednesday afternoon, French officials refused to relax their prohibition and delayed any public comment until Thursday.

27.   After several days of partisan attacks, Adams called their bluff, releasing the report, with the French officials identified as X, Y, and Z.

28.   All of the men were sentenced to life in prison, but French officials have little expectation that any will spend even a day behind bars.

29.   But after intensified U.S. pressure, French officials said Friday that they would immediately jam the station.

30.   But at this point, according to French officials, the United States is unwilling to consider such ideas.