61.   An official of the New York Civil Liberties Union called a race-based appointment inappropriate.

62.   An official of the Swiss-based financial group declined to give financial details of the acquisition.

63.   An official of the Taliban, the fundamentalist group ruling most of Afghanistan, prohibits the doctor from undressing her.

64.   An air transportation agreement signed on Monday will greatly expand air services between the United States and Mexico, officials of both countries said.

65.   An executive on one of the losing development teams said officials of the Pataki campaign and the party often solicited all nine teams, particularly the five finalists.

66.   An official of Kaiser Permanente also said recently that his company would not drop any Medicare consumers.

67.   An official of one manufucturer objected to the proposal.

68.   An official of one of the groups said he thought documents that later showed up in the press were on two laptops stolen from the group last June.

69.   An official of Radio Press, an organization that monitors foreign radio broadcasts, suggested that they might be taped and transmitted over telephone lines.

70.   An official of the agency providing the information says he is aware of the problem and the government is working on it.