41.   The meeting just ended and the ministers are currently briefing reporters at the Presidential Palace.

42.   The regional directors will brief reporters on the most pressing park issues in their regions, many of which have national significance.

43.   Treasury Secretary Rubin briefs reporters on the issue.

44.   While most of the details await actual legislation, administration and Republican officials briefed reporters on elements of the package.

45.   White House budget director Alice Rivlin briefed reporters Saturday on the effects of a potential government shutdown.

46.   White House spokesman Michael D. McCurry, for example, rarely briefs reporters on television advertising or political strategy.

47.   Pasqua, briefing reporters in the Ivory Coast, described two meetings with Mrs. Harriman.

48.   Pensioners staged a protest in central Athens as the finance minister briefed reporters on the budget.

49.   Pickering, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, briefed reporters Tuesday on his recent swing though Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil.

50.   A Defense Department official, briefing reporters at the Pentagon, said the information on casualties was preliminary and that the totals could climb.