71.   Brian Morris, president at Dailey, Wednesday confirmed a report of the assignment in the Advertising Age Daily Fax edition.

72.   Bruce Dunbar, brand-marketing director at Oppenheimer Funds in New York, confirmed a report of the assignment this week in Adweek.

73.   But a Justice Department spokeswoman Tuesday declined to confirm those reports.

74.   Bruce Leonard, who had been chairman and chief executive, confirmed reports of the closing this week in Advertising Age and Adweek.

75.   But FBI officials in Washington and on the West Coast would not confirm the report.

76.   But Boeing did confirm another report that it is talking with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan about greater cooperation between the two companies.

77.   But he would not confirm the report.

78.   But federal officials here said that they could not confirm those reports and that there were no suspects.

79.   But in Washington, federal investigators said they knew nothing to confirm these reports.

80.   But it was impossible to confirm the report.