31.   U.S. officials regard extradition as a vital weapon in their fight against traffickers who frequently evade charges brought in one country by seeking refuge across the border.

32.   U.S. officials regard him as indecisive, as well as a rotten administrator of the unwieldy and costly world orgnaization.

33.   U.S. officials regard Karzai as a capable exponent of a reasonable approach to politics, in contrast to the more usual infighting among Afghans.

34.   White House officials regard her as the most respected and admired member of the Clinton Cabinet.

35.   Paraguayan officials regard Lopez as part of a tiny minority bent on frustrating development.

36.   A U.S. congressman pushing for liberalized aviation and maritime trade said Wednesday that Chinese officials still regard their nation as too undeveloped to support freer markets.

37.   British officials regard the military operation in Bosnia as a big success.

38.   But Tang, the Chinese spokesman, pointing to laws on registering new social groups, suggested that officials regarded the China Democracy Party as illegal.

39.   But union officials regard the bill as so flawed that they would rather leave current laws in place.

40.   But U.N. officials regard the discovery of the document as proof that Iraq is withholding vital data.