31.   Recently, word leaked out that Fleet and BankBoston had discussed a merger of their own.

32.   So while government officials may want to slap a top-secret label on most data, they should know that the word may leak out in other capitals.

33.   So there was no surprise, just sadness, when the word leaked out that John Elway plans to follow Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky into retirement.

34.   The sober-minded Swiss diplomatic world was shocked when word leaked of a splashy magazine spread featuring its new embassy in Berlin.

35.   The strategy backfired when word of the disastrously low test scores leaked on the Internet.

36.   Then word leaked out that the invention, which was called IT or Ginger, was a new scooter.

37.   Then word leaked out.

38.   Until recently, when word did leak out about less-than-divine behavior in the monarchy, the prevailing sentiment was denial or a double standard.

39.   Weld has garnered significant support within the Senate since late April, when word first leaked from the White House that he would be the likely nominee to Mexico.

40.   When company executives visited Qingdao, a city in northeastern China, to inspect factories, word leaked out.