61.   The Egyptian government has not yet put forward a formal offer for a long-term supply deal.

62.   The Messiers were thought to be bothered because Smith made no formal offer to them until last Friday.

63.   The St. Louis Cardinals never made Brown a formal offer, according to the general manager, Walt Jocketty.

64.   The Star-Ledger of Newark reported Friday that the Mets had made a formal offer to Gonzalez.

65.   There has been a lot of buzz about Clint Mathis but no formal offers.

66.   They considered dealing closer Armando Benitez, starter Glendon Rusch and outfielder Jay Payton earlier in the off-season, but may not have made a formal offer.

67.   Trimble insisted that his party had received no formal offer by Sinn Fein committing itself to disarm the IRA.

68.   Western Resources still requires approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission, its board and its shareholders before it can make a formal offer to Kansas City Power shareholders.

69.   Western has said it plans to makes a formal offer at the end of this month or early next month.

70.   Wessex said it would not make a formal offer until its intentions have been approved by Monopolies and Mergers Commission, the U.K. antitrust body.