21.   Later an official police spokesman would insist that the raid was not a mistake, although no drugs were found and no arrests were made.

22.   Last week, an army spokesman insisted that the government planned to encircle Huambo but not conquer it.

23.   The Palestinian spokesman insisted that this was not a new position and that Arafat had made similar statements before.

24.   The Popular Party has no philosophical links with those times, its spokesmen insist.

25.   The PUC spokesman insisted that the agency addressed each of the problems identified in the report.

26.   The PUC spokesman insisted that the agency addressed each problem the report identified.

27.   The spokesmen insisted that all the recruits are volunteers, denying that young men are being picked up off the streets and forced to join.

28.   Unfortunately, a Liberty Mutual spokesman insists this is not in the cards.

29.   White House spokesmen insist that because abortion is legal it should not be an issue here.

30.   While NATO spokesmen insist that the alliance is not planning a ground invasion, Clark indirectly raised the issue during a closed-door briefing last Friday for NATO delegates.