21.   Chirac, years ago, had championed the idea of financial disclosure statements as a way to make government more transparent.

22.   Commissioner Robert Loescher, an Alaska businessman, characterized the impact statement as anti-business and an obstacle to communities and companies wanting to engage in legal activity.

23.   Conservative Southern Baptist leaders regarded the overwhelming vote for the new statement as a victory in a two-decade long battle for the Bible.

24.   Defense attorney Carl Douglas confirmed that the missing witness is housekeeper Rosa Lopez, who Cochran mentioned in opening statements as providing a potential alibi for Simpson.

25.   Doyle praised the statement as a good first step.

26.   Earlier this week, lawyers for the purchasers filed a motion citing the Cox statements as grounds for overturning a dismissal of the case for lack of evidence.

27.   Fed watchers interpret this statement as a prelude to interest-rate cuts starting in January.

28.   For the past month the Los Angeles Dodgers have been reduced to making personal statements rather than statements as a team.

29.   He has since backpedalled after the markets interpreted his statements as signalling higher rates.

30.   He pointed to the second CMGI statement as proof that the merger is alive and well.