21.   Law enforcement officials have received dozens of tips regarding the search for an elusive drifter suspected of six slayings in Texas and Kentucky.

22.   Knopper receives dozens of such jokes daily.

23.   Many households receive dozens of direct-mail and telephone solicitations each month, potentially exposing them to predatory pitches and deceptive advertising.

24.   Ms. Rouan said she had received dozens of letters from people recounting their own heartbreaks and, in some cases, asking for advice.

25.   Murray said police received dozens of tips from the public.

26.   Morgan, a recently retired businessman, was used to receiving dozens of solicitations from local charities, and writing yearly checks to the United Way and the YMCA.

27.   On a recent day spent campaigning, Mrs. Lincoln received dozens of neighborly queries about her children, and few other questions.

28.   On Thursday, the church received dozens of calls from confused parishioners.

29.   One was by a hemophiliac who had received dozens of transfusions and the other was on behalf of a child whose mother was infected.

30.   Park officials said that they received dozens of letters and calls from other park visitors who yearned for peace.