31.   Liton officials declined to confirm the figure.

32.   NATO officials could not confirm those figures but conceded their aircraft hit the civilians, mistaking the convoy for military trucks.

33.   NBC would not confirm those figures.

34.   Neither White House nor Democratic Party officials would confirm that figure.

35.   Neither figure could be confirmed.

36.   No one was immediately available at Occidental to confirm that figure.

37.   Officials of the three companies would not confirm that figure.

38.   Sony declined to confirm the figures.

39.   The Air Force declined to confirm that figure Thursday.

40.   The company retracted the statement this morning under direction from the U.K. takeover panel and said such figures cannot be confirmed until the final tally tomorrow.