51.   Albright said senior officials had repeatedly called on President Boris Yeltsin and his aides to strengthen safeguards against money laundering, bribery and other crimes.

52.   Brooklyn College bestowed an honorary degree on a civil rights lawyer whom college officials had once called unfit for public office.

53.   Brown even threatened Hofheinz, telling him the official could call members of the Legislature to stop funding for certain projects even after leaving office, prosecutors allege.

54.   But after the Trade Center attack, the same Yemeni officials called the FBI with evidence they thought might track down the hijackers.

55.   But a second later, an official called an offensive foul on Brown, the whistle causing further aggravation.

56.   Burma has also been under fire for what federal drug officials have called its growing reliance on the heroin and cocaine trade to fuel economic development.

57.   But British and Irish officials called it a public relations stunt and refused to recognize it as a basis for talks.

58.   But city officials call it an eyesore, a crime against good taste they intend to outlaw.

59.   But City Council officials call that theory paranoid and say that since the proposal would amend an existing law, the question could not have been worded any differently.

60.   But federal officials called the decision a victory for taxpayers.