71.   Neither the museum nor law enforcement authorities publicly acknowledged the theft or issued a statement.

72.   Officials from the under-funded anti-narcotics authority readily acknowledge that corrupt members of the police and military help perpetuate the illegal drug trade.

73.   Other officials said Belgrade authorities acknowledged past mistreatment of ethnic Albanians.

74.   Police regularly announce statistics on crimes by foreign suspects, although authorities have acknowledged that the crime rate among foreigners in Japan is not higher than that among Japanese.

75.   Serb authorities have acknowledged that they had killed dozens of ethnic Albanians in one grisly recent battle and then buried the unclaimed bodies at a garbage dump.

76.   Spanish authorities acknowledge that both actions, which elicited protests from human rights groups, were poorly handled.

77.   The authorities had acknowledged the need to lower the deficit and was already initiating measures that they said would produce a surplus by the turn of the millennium.

78.   Turkish authorities acknowledge the existence of torture but insist it is not systematic and that offenders are prosecuted.

79.   Turkish authorities acknowledge the existence of torture, but insist it is not systematic and that offenders are prosecuted.

80.   Vietnamese authorities themselves acknowledge that local officials have obstructed and harassed foreign investors.