41.   The officials said they could not verify immediately that the attacks were conducted as planned.

42.   The recall is being conducted as a precaution.

43.   The newspaper did not elaborate on what form the investigation will take or how it will be conducted as at least two of the executives are not in Singapore.

44.   The study was conducted as part of a US effort to develop a policy in the face of such practices, officials here said.

45.   The military exchange was the first conducted as a full troop exercise.