61.   The full Senate is expected to confirm the officials by Friday, when the chamber is scheduled to begin its August recess, committee spokeswoman Jennifer Cutshell said.

62.   The idea appeared to catch CUNY officials by surprise.

63.   The man has previously been identified by government officials only by his first name, Dave.

64.   The other was a transcript of a post-war interrogation of a senior German central bank official by U.S. military prosecutors preparing evidence for the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal.

65.   The price issue has not, of course, caught Merck officials by surprise.

66.   The researchers, at the Johns Hopkins University, have been distributing their new analysis to scientists and government officials by fax and e-mail.

67.   The real issue is that the proposal would end what amounts to the legal bribery of municipal officials by lawyers seeking contracts to help government sell bonds.

68.   The report further suggests that a travel ban similar to one imposed on senior Liberian officials by the United States should be applied by all nations.

69.   The Secret Service entry and exit logs are not public, though they are readily accessible to White House officials by computer.

70.   The sharpness of the European slowdown, which has emerged over the last two months, has taken economists and government officials by surprise.