21.   Philip Morris officials referred telephone calls to Bozell Sawyer Miller Group Inc., a public relations company in Washington D.C., which declined to comment.

22.   Pentagon officials refer to the military tribunals as military commissions.

23.   PepsiCo officials referred calls to Baesa.

24.   RNC officials referred questions to Barbour, who did not return phone calls Thursday.

25.   Rosenberg cried foul, but company officials referred him to the fine print of his credit-card contract.

26.   Several officials referred to a large dent in the conning tower, another sign of collision.

27.   State Department officials referred queries to the White House, where a press spokesman said he did not know whether Clinton had asked Flynn to stay on.

28.   Spanish officials have referred to such an alliance, too.

29.   Team officials refer to Bonds as their franchise player, but the Giants have won only one playoff game with Bonds on the roster.

30.   Still, other Patton Boggs officials have recently referred to Davis as their lead attorney on the Pakistani account.