21.   An official with the Justice Department said it gets thousands of requests annually for such probes but undertakes only a small percentage.

22.   An official with the New York District Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners said his union had also not been provided with names.

23.   An official with the Social Security office in El Paso determined that the card Keita had was counterfeit, JoliCoeur testified.

24.   An official with the Southern Baptist Convention called it an embarrassment to the gospel of Christ.

25.   An official with the union representing the caseworkers did not dispute that self-protection was the driving force behind the increased removal of children.

26.   An official with a group that researches welfare issues said New York would be left with unpleasant alternatives under the Hutchison bill.

27.   An official with an international agency said six young men had left one village near Batken.

28.   An official with Temco Service Industries of Manhattan, the maintenance company that LaRock said employs the handyman, declined to comment Tuesday.

29.   An official with the Idaho Department of Corrections said low-risk felons can face as little supervisions as two face-to-face interviews with a correctional officer every three months.

30.   An official with the international cycling federation in Lausanne, Switzerland, said the Ugandans did not compete in either of two Olympic qualifying events this year.