31.   He said he believes Newark officials have failed the children, but he is more concerned about turning the schools around than pointing fingers.

32.   He spoke pointedly and passionately about how public confidence in government had eroded because certain officials failed to speak candidly about aspects of the case.

33.   Health officials failed to keep the public adequately informed during the recent anthrax attacks, experts said Thursday.

34.   HUD officials failed to respond to numerous requests from the Globe to discuss the case.

35.   However, UN officials failed to heed warnings from the Timorese about the possibility of violence organized by the Indonesian military.

36.   If a catastrophe occurred because ATF officials failed to take the group seriously, Congress and the news media would have chewed them up.

37.   Immigration officials have failed to find her mother, and her father had told caseworkers in Florida that he did not want her sent back.

38.   In his decision, the judge cited a recent immigration hearing in which federal officials failed to present a single witness.

39.   In addition, British regulators were surprisingly critical in a report last week, insisting that exchange officials had failed to explain themselves on a host of important issues.

40.   In Rio de Janeiro, officials repeatedly fail to curb the violence of the powerful drug organizations.