41.   Bundesbank officials yesterday give conflicting signals on whether they might raise interest rates in the near future.

42.   But administration officials gave conflicting accounts of what the United States had told these opponents of Chavez about acceptable ways of ousting him.

43.   But AFL-CIO officials give Martini far lower grades.

44.   But before state officials give their required approval, there are important unanswered questions that need to be addressed.

45.   But current and former officials give widely differing accounts of how effective the steps have been so far.

46.   But fed up by the arguments in the Labor Party, Likud officials gave Labor until Monday to make up its collective mind.

47.   But federal officials gave only scant details of their investigation on Wednesday night, saying they did not want to interfere with the arrests.

48.   But federal officials gave only scant details of their investigation Wednesday night, saying that they did not want to interfere with the arrests.

49.   But Federal officials give the most credit to the police department.

50.   But if any decisions were taken, the officials gave no hint of it.