31.   In prepared remarks, Summers said the IMF is best equipped to handle troubles like those faced by Thailand, Indonesia and several other Asian countries.

32.   In prepared remarks, Wilson applauds the use of the rice roller and praises the farming way of life.

33.   In his prepared remarks, he said that people on both sides of the border wanted to live without the threat of violence, famine and war.

34.   In his prepared remarks, the crown prince told the president that the United States had two options.

35.   In prepared remarks, Bayh, a moderate who is touted by some as a future presidential candidate, praised an array of Clinton initiatives.

36.   In the question-and-answer session that followed prepared remarks by Compaq executives, only two analysts, instead of the usual dozens, asked questions.

37.   Kolbe told the convention in prepared remarks that if elected president, Bush would expand trade.

38.   McCain finished his prepared remarks, but departed without taking part in a planned question-and-answer session.

39.   Much of his prepared remarks were devoted to an extended warning to investors about the implications of this forecast.

40.   Ramona opened her speech in her native Tzotzil, then haltingly read through prepared remarks in Spanish.