51.   Local officials spoke on the radio today to implore them to flee to safety.

52.   Local officials spoke on the radio on Sunday to implore them to flee to safety.

53.   Law-enforcement officials speak of an ill-defined anger that seems to be infecting a large portion of the population.

54.   Lazard officials spoke on the condition of anonymity.

55.   Local officials spoke.

56.   Martinez and auto industry officials spoke at an international traffic safety conference in this factory town across the Detroit River from Detroit.

57.   No law enforcement officials ever spoke to them.

58.   No official there would speak on the record about it.

59.   No Sprint official spoke at the forum.

60.   Nonetheless, a GM official was heartened that officials had spoken so openly about their need for the American auto maker.