31.   After an investigation determines that an American is genuinely stranded, a consular official will seek a friend or relative of the traveler to help.

32.   AHA officials are seeking provisions in the measure that would make it easier for hospitals to set up managed care networks.

33.   Brennan said that Atlanta officials would seek to upgrade qualifying standards for the marathon so that unqualified runners would not enter the race.

34.   But administration officials sought to minimize the skepticism that Clinton might face.

35.   But along with crafting their agenda, NAACP officials have also sought to spotlight the persistent presence of racial discrimination in America.

36.   Bush administration officials have sought to tamp down expectations of significant results from the meeting.

37.   But board officials sought on Wednesday to play down that idea.

38.   But city officials have long sought to increase development around the struggling Convention Center and have failed over the years to attract a major hotel for the area.

39.   But company officials never sought criminal charges, and Jeffers has no criminal record, the police said.

40.   But in recent weeks, administration officials have sought to tamp down expectations that a bill would be hustled through Congress within a year.