31.   Border officials describe the migrants as increasingly desperate.

32.   A law enforcement official described the case as one of negligence, rather than a deliberate attempt to starve the child.

33.   A Ferrara company spokesman officials described the charges as unfounded.

34.   A senior Pakistani intelligence official described Pearl as having been calm at the time of his death.

35.   A senior trade official described that argument as nonsense.

36.   A senior French official described Wednesday why the U.N. involvement was so important .

37.   A White House official described Lewis as a steadying and reassuring force in the West Wing during the worst hours of the Lewinsky scandal this year.

38.   A U.S. official described Baasyir as the ideological godfather of the organization, and said that he had funneled money from Saudi Arabia to Islamic terrorist groups.

39.   A US official described the tactic as legitimate.

40.   Administration officials describe the curriculum as heavy doses of anti-drug tactics with some counterterrorism, hostage rescue and medical training thrown in.