41.   Wrona said state officials would prefer to meet clean-air objectives themselves, rather than bending to federal intervention.

42.   A Justice Department official preferred to stress the final result.

43.   Alliance officials prefer a political document, contending that a binding charter would take too much time to negotiate and ratify.

44.   But CART officials prefer same-day qualifying to use of the points.

45.   City officials prefer the latter.

46.   Japanese officials prefer not to comment on whether they are being drawn into a regional space race.

47.   NATO officials would prefer to reinforcing the peacekeepers with heavily armed soldiers to prevent attacks by Bosnian Serbs.

48.   North Korean officials reportedly prefer Russian equipment.

49.   There is a tendency that many officials prefer to enjoy the status quo.

50.   But federal safety officials prefer improved air bags that would detect whether a child is in a seat and can shut itself off.