61.   He said union officials offered their support to the program.

62.   Helicopters surveyed the area for stagnant family swimming pools and officials offered to haul away used tires, in which water can also pool and stagnate.

63.   He wound up staying a year after a government official offered him a teaching job in a rural village.

64.   Hospital officials offered to bring Chiles a VCR so he could watch videos, but he declined.

65.   If that does not happen, federal health officials will offer further recommendations on what should be done to achieve the goal.

66.   In another incident, Israeli officials offered apologies after checkpoint troops fired at a top Palestinian peace negotiator.

67.   In other cases, IRS officials offered a variety of excuses and more promises that things would get better.

68.   Internal Affairs officials offer an array of statistics as evidence of their new effectiveness.

69.   Israeli officials offered differing views on whether Arafat himself was implicated in the bombing.

70.   IRS officials offer only a half-hearted defense.