31.   But news reports here say, and a Finance Ministry official conceded, that this figure does not include the debts held by overseas subsidiaries of Korean companies.

32.   But such figures include direct costs such as headhunter fees, help-wanted ads and hiring temps to fill in while the job is open.

33.   But that figure did not include hundreds of millions of dollars in federal and state grants.

34.   But that figure includes all sales transacted over the phone, including calls that consumers initiated.

35.   But that figure may well include amounts owed to hospitals and doctors outside Manhattan.

36.   But the figure included deductions for bus and rail fares the MTA was not receiving.

37.   But the figure includes revenue and profits from only the first two playoff series.

38.   But the overall figures include sales to rental agencies and corporations that buy mostly cars, so they are an imperfect guide to the purchases of American families.

39.   But that figure does not include the much larger number of Falun Gong members who face other forms of detention, ranging from re-education programs to labor camps.

40.   But that figure does not include the tens of millions that Gates has spent on technology to transform the home into something unique in the world.