21.   For the next decade, officials assured a worried public that there was no evidence the disease could spread to humans.

22.   Goldstein said that Fire Department officials had assured heads of his company that the system was approved.

23.   He said state officials had also assured the department of additional help if needed.

24.   He said a state official assured him that the lease would be revoked Wednesday.

25.   However, Athletics officials assured me the cold is a dry cold in Oakland, and there is less wind than in San Francisco.

26.   How could officials assure the prayers are non-sectarian and avoid the imposition of religious conformity upon a secular event, without unacceptable government intervention?

27.   In a conference call, company officials assured analysts that the deal will pass regulatory muster.

28.   In response to employee concerns, federal officials assured government workers that all federal mail is being irradiated, rendering any anthrax spores harmless.

29.   Just last week, state health officials had assured postal workers that there was virtually no chance that anthrax could be spread from a sealed envelope.

30.   Joe DePlasco, a spokesman for Green, said on Saturday that election officials had assured the campaign that the overcount would not affect the outcome.