31.   Her attorney, Tom Cauthorn, declined to comment beyond saying that he planned to ask the court to reconsider.

32.   Huddleston declined to comment beyond the EEOC statement.

33.   Investigators declined to comment beyond a single-page statement announcing the indictment.

34.   Interstate declined to comment beyond the lawsuit.

35.   Kirch Group spokesman Johannes Schmitz declined to comment beyond a joint press release.

36.   Joseph A. Valiquette, a spokesman for the FBI in New York, said he could not comment beyond what was in the court complaint.

37.   MGM officials, who are projecting a break-even third quarter, declined to comment beyond the statement.

38.   Mary Myers, a spokeswoman for Clark at the Burson Marsteller public relations firm, said Clark would not comment beyond the statement and its letter rejecting the bid.

39.   Most defendants declined to comment beyond that.

40.   Neither Gumbel nor Lack would comment beyond the statement.