21.   Especially when, as U.S. officials put it, the country manages to mishandle a sensitive diplomatic quest to such an extent.

22.   Finance officials are putting the finishing touches on a revised stabilization plan that will take into account that their initial estimates of the crisis were far too optimistic.

23.   For their part, U.S. officials put the best face on the situation.

24.   Government officials are also putting more pressure on the central bank to lower interest rates.

25.   Hours later, immigration officials put the woman on a flight back to Albania.

26.   Hollywood Park officials have put their plans on hold, as has an organization known as the South Park Group that proposed building a downtown stadium.

27.   In Boston, Massachusetts Port Authority officials put security teams on alert and deployed more State Police officers around Logan International Airport.

28.   In recent weeks, Georgian officials have put their own spin on events.

29.   In Washington, park officials have put barricades at the base of the steps to the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials.

30.   Industry officials have also put pressure on the agency to do more to stabilize the giant California market.