61.   But the officials described a sophisticated operation led by three men they believe to be members of the Cuban security forces.

62.   Chautauqua County officials described the Williams case as a complicated puzzle that was pieced together with medical detective work over more than a year.

63.   Chautauqua County officials have described Williams as a drug dealer who preyed on lonely teen-agers.

64.   Clinton administration officials described the elimination of a two-tier system of regulation as the most important aviation safety change in decades.

65.   Clinton administration officials have described the U.S. aid as a stopgap.

66.   City officials described the new policy in interviews Monday, and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani plans to discuss it in a news conference Tuesday.

67.   Clinton aides immediately reacted with an outer calm that belied what some officials privately described as inner frustration throughout the West Wing.

68.   Clinton administration officials describe Ivanov as one of the officials closest to Putin, and far more powerful than the Russian foreign minister, Igor Ivanov.

69.   Clinton administration officials describe those measures as necessary steps in what has been a rear-guard action against global crime.

70.   Company officials describe the roots as a vintner would a wine.