31.   A VW spokesman refused comment yesterday on an unattributed report that its chief executive, Ferdinand Piech, also wants to bid for Rolls-Royce cars.

32.   Both Riggs and Agnone refused comment in regard to their client.

33.   But he refused further comment, saying details would have to come from the FBI.

34.   But One Reel, which also produces the annual Bumbershoot festival, refused comment on whether Browne, a longtime political activist, would perform at Bumbershoot.

35.   But Totten refused further comment, due to the lawsuit.

36.   By Tuesday, Kraft was refusing comment on Peter.

37.   Childs, reached at the hotel where he is residing, also refused comment.

38.   Claude Picasso and Ms. Gilot refused further comment on the matter, although Ivory said he still hoped that the ban would be lifted before his film was edited.

39.   Clinton, meanwhile, voted in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas and refused comment.