31.   Investigators regard the Leahy letter as the most pristine evidence yet uncovered in the anthrax cases.

32.   Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who is chairman of the pension board, characterized the letters as useful consumer information.

33.   Law-enforcement officials identified the two researchers named in the letters as Luz Matsumoto and Magda Carvalho.

34.   Lawrence Levy, an attorney representing Lernout, described the NASD letter as perfunctory.

35.   Lawyers for the children denounced the letter as an infringement on their right to seek refugee status.

36.   McDermott described himself in the letter as an opponent of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba.

37.   Molinari said he did not view the letter as a threat.

38.   More and more, Harvard faculty regard blind letters as an anachronism.

39.   Nevertheless, the state-run English-language Tehran Times denounced the signers of the letter as Communists, demanding legal action against them.

40.   One investigator quoted the letter as saying she was lucky he had decided not to harm her.