61.   An ordinance prohibits such abandonment, although city officials have apparently been unable to enforce it fully.

62.   And a spokesman for the hospital announced that it had launched an investigation along with city health officials to determine whether its doctors had acted appropriately.

63.   An FBI sting called Operation Greenpalm landed three top city officials in jail.

64.   And although the referendum was nonbinding, city officials said they consider it binding.

65.   And because it would kick-start the sputtering Convention Center area, city officials led by Mayor Richard Riordan have been pushing hard to entice the teams downtown.

66.   An unneutered pit bull is more than three times as likely to attack than a neutered pit bull, city officials and rescuers said.

67.   And because the pension funds make investments for the long term, city officials say they are not concerned by a bad year or two.

68.   Anaheim city officials could not be reached.

69.   And city officials have been working for several years to do the same with figurative sculptures.

70.   And city officials say their street and parks projects will provide the underpinning for neighborhood revitalization in the future.