31.   The boxes contained pens, pencils and writing tables collected from White House staff members.

32.   The diversion boxes also contain common household gadgets mounted on walls that administrators can use to keep residents from aggressive behavior.

33.   The police were called, and after they satisfied themselves that the box did not contain a bomb, it was opened and the paintings and note were found.

34.   They thought the boxes contained narcotics, he said.

35.   Those boxes contained peanut butter, which was alien to the native population.

36.   Today, those beige boxes contain more information than most of us can imagine.

37.   Today the box typically contains a Christmas stocking of a dozen assorted CD-ROM disks, and half a gigabyte of software clutters your hard drive.

38.   Two gift-wrapped boxes contained wallets filled with cash.

39.   And a box of archives contained detailed information about diamonds, gold bars, watches and wedding rings seized by the Nazis in Marseilles.

40.   Among the trash was a box containing writing similar to the notes left on the bomb and sneakers, the FBI said.