21.   Recent remarks by Bush offer evidence of good old-fashioned American disingenuity at work.

22.   Riordan remains concerned about the crime rates and has been emphasizing it in recent remarks, spokesman Ben Austin said.

23.   Recent remarks by Bundesbank Chief Economist Otmar Issing on the weakness of the German economy have rekindled expectations of a rate cut next week.

24.   The ads follow recent remarks by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., who compared homosexuals to alcoholics, kleptomaniacs and sex addicts.

25.   The broadcasters, as their recent remarks reveal, have no intention of providing the digital broadcasts Congress expected anytime soon.

26.   The comments by Sakakibara echoed other recent remarks by him expressing concern about recent record-low long-term interest rates, given the gradually recovering domestic economy.

27.   The council also passed a resolution Thursday that condemned recent remarks by Deputy Mayor John S. Dyson over the hiring of a second financial adviser to the city.

28.   The statement also appeared to reinforce recent remarks by Fed chairman Alan Greenspan that his primary role is to manage the US economy -- not those of other nations.

29.   This type of conjecture has only been fueled by recent public remarks.

30.   Those comments contrast with recent remarks from other Bundesbank officials suggesting German rates will rise more for European than domestic reasons.