21.   As of yesterday, officials were still refusing to identify the race or races of the police officers involved.

22.   As recently as Sunday, top Clinton administration officials were refusing to discuss the idea that a surplus could come sooner.

23.   Asked repeatedly about the timing of a U.S. response, administration officials refused to provide so much as a hint.

24.   At one point, Pahaquarry and Hardwick officials refused to speak to one another for months.

25.   At the faculty senate meeting on Monday, where university officials refused to allow outside reporters to observe, the debate was muted and mostly bureaucratic.

26.   At the Park Avenue armory, fund officials refused to allow an inspection unless the state acknowledged that the fund owned most of the art and military regalia.

27.   At first, city officials refused to honor the Jews killed by Kielce residents.

28.   At the time, Russian officials refused to rule out a second attack.

29.   At the former Victorian train station that Laura Ashley converted into a fabric-cutting facility, company officials refused comment.

30.   Bank of Montreal officials refused to confirm the report.