31.   His comments were echoed by scouts from both leagues.

32.   His comments were echoed by several others.

33.   His comments were echoed in a telephone interview Wednesday afternoon by Alan S. Blinder, vice chairman of the Fed.

34.   His remarks echoed comments he made three weeks ago in Atlanta.

35.   His comments are echoed by retailers.

36.   His comments were echoed by Maria Julia Hernandez, the respected director of the human rights office of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador.

37.   His comments were later echoed by central bank Vice President Johann Wilhelm Gaddum.

38.   His remarks echoed comments that he and American officials made last week.

39.   Laszlo Birinyi, who runs his own stock research firm, echoed those comments.

40.   Lane, echoing comments from Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, said the United States will increase efforts to bar foreign access to sensitive and classified material at the laboratories.