71.   But six cases at once is unusual, state officials admit.

72.   But that bet could go wrong, officials admit.

73.   But officials admit that undocumented immigrants are moving to less patrolled areas to cross the river into Texas.

74.   But officials admitted that the talks have no fixed agenda and are likely to spend the rest of this year simply trying to come up with one.

75.   But one Ziff-Davis official admitted privately that the company knows it has a morale problem.

76.   But the bureaucratic apparatus could also stand some marked improvement, officials admit.

77.   But Postal officials admit that part of the reason for the plan is to seize a toehold in the rapidly expanding electronic marketplace.

78.   But the officials admitted the administration is deciding how to cope with increasing pressure from Congress and some officials in the State Department who want to chastise Mexico.

79.   But senior officials now admit privately that Yeltsin is both physically infirm and politically discredited.

80.   But the issue of war crimes is complicated in a war in which all sides committed atrocities, American officials admit.