31.   In meetings expected to last through the evening, the state officials were pressing the Bush administration to impose tougher conditions on Microsoft than it had proposed.

32.   In recent meetings of the Binational Commission, a cabinet-level forum, U.S. officials have pressed Mexico to expand the group.

33.   Israeli officials pressed their case against Arafat and continued to circulate documents they say show payments by Saudi Arabia to the families of suicide bombers.

34.   Instead, American officials are pressing Afghan commanders in the Jalalabad region to probe the rugged area.

35.   It has been long stalled, and U.S. officials pressed for the agreement.

36.   Korean financial officials pressed for a speedy resolution of the impasse, warning that otherwise Hyundai Investment Trust and Securities would go into receivership.

37.   Living Water concentrates on wells for churches and church-sponsored hospitals and schools, but government officials often press for wells at state-owned hospitals and schools.

38.   Military officials were pressing to keep some outposts directly over the border after the withdrawal, and idea that he, a former general, squelched.

39.   National party officials have been pressing him to run for a House seat this year in Alabama.

40.   Nike officials pressed Mexmode managers to abide by corporate codes of conduct that guarantee fair conditions for workers.