21.   At his news conference, Schundler proposed extending annual financial disclosure requirements that now apply to executive branch officials to all state officeholders.

22.   At one point, the White House dispatched trade officials to Beacon Hill to ask lawmakers to repeal or amend the law, but they were rebuffed.

23.   Austin, Texas, police Detective Jim Neilson and hazardous materials Fire Chief David Fiero were among a handful of local public safety officials to at the meeting.

24.   At work, too, is an underlying sense among everyone from insurance planners to state officials to patients that dental care is somehow secondary and optional.

25.   Autopsies have also alerted officials to growing threats of infection or drug addiction.

26.   Better data might have tipped off safety officials to problems before two other recent crashes, experts say.

27.   -- Require companies to alert U.S. officials to defects in their vehicles or equipment overseas if that information relates to vehicles or equipment here.

28.   -- Send senior U.S. officials to Burundi to communicate with military leaders.

29.   A factor in his hesitation might be that the GAO has never before taken a federal entity or official to court.

30.   A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Mr Tung would nominate principal officials to the central Government for appointment.