31.   A more serious charge is that his senior aides suppressed, then delayed plans for tougher standards for poultry inspection.

32.   A senior aide to Arafat predicted this week that the charter would be replaced by a new document.

33.   A senior aide to Arafat, Nabil Abu Rdaniah, was quoted Saturday by Reuters as saying Palestinian and Israeli negotiators would resume mid-level talks this week.

34.   A senior aide to Bentsen said Friday that the secretary did not recall discussing the meetings with Ms. Hanson and the aide insisted that her memo was inconclusive.

35.   A senior aide to Forman, the plaintiff in the lawsuit against Technicolor, said he believed the reputation of the Delaware court system already had been compromised.

36.   A senior aide to Pataki told reporters not even to ask Pataki if he himself would step in to campaign for the Senate seat.

37.   A senior Arafat aide, Tayeb Abdel-Rahim, condemned the strikes.

38.   A senior Senate Republican aide said that senators, including Trent Lott of Mississippi, the majority leader, had not seen details of the request.

39.   A senior White House aide said that Clinton was responding in the same spirit as the questions that were put to him all year.

40.   A senior White House health aide said today that Clinton is willing to offer additional changes to Medicaid that would provide governors with even more flexibility.