51.   Later, Hollandsworth attempted to clarify his earlier statements.

52.   Mahony reiterated earlier statements that the marriage of priests should be open for discussion, and insisted the celibacy issue should not be linked to pedophilia.

53.   Mike McCurry, the White House press secretary, said that Clinton did not intend to alter his earlier statements about the Lewinsky matter.

54.   NBC spokesman Ed Markey, retracting an earlier statement, said the network would no longer treat Los Angeles like a second city.

55.   Neither Gifford nor bank spokespeople would comment and stuck to the earlier statement that Stepanian had retired.

56.   Officials refused again to identify any suspects in the case, but reiterated earlier statements they are not focusing on anyone outside the Caro home.

57.   Powell also repeated earlier statements that the United States was not considering sending peace-keeping troops to the region.

58.   Saez repeated his earlier statements that accusations of wrongdoing against him had never been proved.

59.   She explained several contradictions between her testimony and earlier statements by staying her memory was bad.

60.   She repeated her earlier statement that Belmont Abbey would not have hired Berthold if it had been made aware of the allegations.