31.   Analysts and company officials agree.

32.   Analysts and company officials could not be reached for comment.

33.   An local electric company official told Russian television Tuesday that schools, kindergarten and hospitals would be without power in two days.

34.   Analysts and company officials credited relatively strong passenger demand for air travel, tight limits on capacity growth, and higher average fares.

35.   Analysts and company officials said Microsoft is fighting back by leveraging its strength in operating systems, which will in coming months incorporate features that embrace the Internet.

36.   Analysts and company officials said they are cautiously optimistic the latter half of the year will bring improvements.

37.   And Berg said company officials repeatedly told hiring managers in Atlanta to hire only white employees.

38.   And company officials know the public relations value of producing oil in an environmentally safe way.

39.   And company officials think there will be more than enough business to go around as the Internet continues to increase the need for printing and copying.

40.   And if he would have asked his hosts about the group, he would have realized a former company official lived at the home.