31.   I recently put these and other questions to David Robinson, a physical geographer at the University.

32.   That would be my question to you on that one.

33.   Am I beating this batter question to death?

34.   Among the advantages of tape or microchips over foil is that investigators can read a box quickly and send questions to investigators who are still at the crash site.

35.   An Andersen spokesman referred questions to a lawyer for the firm in Houston, Rusty Hardin, who did not return a telephone call.

36.   An attorney representing the group referred questions to Sharpton, who did not return phone calls.

37.   An extensive glossary leaves few questions to chance.

38.   An FBI spokesman in Washington, Paul Bresson, referred all questions to the Justice Department press office, which did not return telephone calls.

39.   An impossible question to answer, but perhaps not a fruitless one to ask.

40.   And Robert Steurer, his press secretary, referred questions to the National Republican Senatorial Committee.