41.   But the statement gave little hope that anything of the sort was on the horizon.

42.   He said his statement would give background necessary to the case.

43.   Her statement gave no further details.

44.   His statement gave no explanation for the deviation.

45.   His statement later gave credence to those estimates.

46.   Her statement gave no further details, and NBC had no comment Thursday.

47.   His statement gave no further details.

48.   Hours later, a special Russian mediator met with the Yugoslav president but a statement afterward gave no sign a breakthrough was imminent.

49.   It did not say if there were any PUK casualties and the KDP statement gave no casualty figures at all.

50.   Sudanese troops destroyed two tanks and inflicted heavy casualties but the statement did not give specific numbers.