21.   Law enforcement officials credited crime-prevention programs, anti-gun campaigns, more police on the street, tougher sentencing and a healthy economy producing jobs.

22.   Local officials credit the software with reducing crime, though other factors may have contributed as well.

23.   Museum officials credit Los Angeles city firefighters with saving the modest collection from major damage.

24.   Nickelodeon has had a simple philosophy nearly since the beginning, when network officials credit interviews with young viewers for setting them straight.

25.   Officials credited the improvement to tracking students who disappeared from attendance rolls.

26.   Officials now credit that unit for conducting the investigation that led to the arrest of Hanssen.

27.   Officials credit that decline in part to more residents using repellent, cleaning their house gutters and emptying their birdbaths to prevent mosquitoes from swarming and breeding.

28.   Officials credit the generosity of members with the building success.

29.   Officials credited improved building techniques and emergency procedures for avoiding a worse disaster in the capital.

30.   Officials credit a quick decision by local U.S. Division of Forestry workers who saw how fast the fire was spreading and called for help.